CHICAGO – A Blue Island police officer is expected to be charged after an alleged road rage incident Saturday evening.
Police sources told WGN News an off-duty Chicago police officer – who is currently on maternity leave – was in the passenger seat of a GMC near 47th and Halsted at around 5 p.m. Saturday when the GMC got involved in a minor crash with a Toyota as part of an alleged road rage incident.
The Toyota was reportedly driven by a 47-year-old off-duty Blue Island police officer, the only occupant of that vehicle.
After the crash, sources told WGN News the Blue Island police officer allegedly drove up next to the GMC, pulled out a gun and fired one shot, which ricocheted off the Toyota’s windshield on the passenger side.
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It’s believed the vehicles then pursued each other for a few miles before both were eventually pulled over by an Illinois State Police Trooper near 54th and Wentworth where the Blue Island police officer was taken into custody.