A man who was shot in the head by a Chicago police officer inside a Brighton Park bar last year has been acquitted of the most serious charges filed against him.
Fernando Guzman, 38, was found not guilty this week of attempted murder and discharging a firearm toward a peace officer after a jury trial before Judge Ursula Walowski. However, the panel did convict him on two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
The shooting unfolded around 12:20 a.m. on October 12, 2024, when officers responded to a “person with a gun” call at a bar in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue. Witnesses told arriving officers that a man wearing a construction vest had pointed a gun at someone…