Felony charges filed against man accused of shooting CPD officer during fight on Far South Side

CHICAGO — A judge denied pretrial release for a Chicago man accused of shooting a CPD officer responding to a home invasion on the city’s Far South Side early Sunday morning.

Authorities credit a bulletproof vest the officer was wearing with saving his life when he was hit in the left side of his chest.

Darren Brewster, 35, is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of home invasion with a firearm, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied building and one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon…

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