Chicago’s police oversight agency has released dramatic surveillance footage and case materials from last month’s armed ambush of an off-duty Chicago police officer in Back of the Yards. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability made the release Thursday, and while its statement did not include any new details, the video left little doubt about what happened: It was a cold-blooded murder attempt.
According to officials, the attack occurred at 6:13 a.m. on August 3, as a 30-year-old officer backed her black SUV into her garage in the 4800 block of South Bishop Street. As she finished parking, a white sedan rolled down the alley. The sedan’s front passenger door cracked open while the vehicle was still rolling past the garage, as if someone inside was eager to spring out. Once the vehicle pulled to a stop, three masked men poured out, ran toward the officer’s garage, and opened fire.
Another camera angle captured the officer lowering her garage door during the barrage, which may have hastened the attackers’ retreat. CPD said the crew fled north in the alley with a fourth person driving the getaway car…