MAYWOOD, Ill. — Charges have been filed against a Cook County man accused of attacking a nurse and a police officer at a west suburban hospital.
According to officials from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Christian Harper, a Bellwood resident, has been charged with one count of aggravated battery to a peace officer and one count of aggravated battery to a nurse.
Deputies said the charges were handed down after Harper allegedly struck a nurse and kicked a police officer as they attempted to restrain him in the emergency room at Loyola Hospital in Maywood.
Deputies initially responded to a call for assistance at the emergency room, but when they arrived, they learned that two people had allegedly been attacked…