CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police are looking over POD camera video along DuSable Lake Shore Drive to find the person who deliberately tried running over officers.
Video from someone in traffic on the Drive at the time provides an idea of just how close the officers came to getting seriously hurt.
With guns drawn, Chicago Police officers boxed in a vehicle at DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Chicago Avenue around 7:45 a.m. Saturday. The suspects had just been spotted breaking into a work van and some apartments minutes away, in the 1500 block of North State Parkway in the Gold Coast.
In viral video first posted by the user Chicago Critter on Facebook, the driver is seen getting out and being taken into custody – but someone else is in the passenger seat. Despite the officers’ guns being in clear view, the passenger jumped into the seat and floored it.
Two officers were hurt by the car. They could have fired – but they chose not to, an expert said.