Suspect charged with shooting at Chicago police officers, paramedics
CHICAGO -- The suspect whom Chicago police shot and critically wounded on the city's North Side on Saturday after he allegedly shot a man and then opened fire on police and paramedics was charged with attempted first-degree murder.Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, of Chicago, faces six counts of attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated battery.Police said the suspect shot a 39-year-old man in the 2600 block of West Farwell around 9:30 a.m.
Abdallahi was arrested and taken to an area hospital, initially reported in critical condition. Police did not have an update as to his condition on Monday.Abraham Trachtman, a resident in the West Ridge area, told CBS News Chicago he feared the initial shooting of the 39-year-old victim was a hate crime because the victim was a Jewish man who was walking to a local synagogue Saturday morning. Trachtman noted there is a large Orthodox Jewish population in the area.
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