A suspect who allegedly fired first at pursuing officers in Chicago was charged Monday after the incident sparked looting overnight Sunday in parts of the city's downtown, resulting in the arrest of quite 100 people on charges of disorderly behavior, looting, and battery against the police.
“We are awakening in shock this morning,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a press conference Monday. “What occurred downtown and in surrounding communities was abject criminal behavior, pure and straightforward .”
She intentionally distanced the looting from what she called the “righteous uprising” in her city following the May killing of George Floyd while within the custody of Minneapolis police.
“This wasn't an organized protest,” said police Superintendent David Brown, reports the Chicago Tribune. “Rather, this was an event of pure criminality. This was an act of violence against our cops and against our city.”
Latrell Allen, 20, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly firing on police, who fired back, on Sunday afternoon on the city's side , consistent with a police news release.
The incident within the Englewood neighborhood occurred around 2:30 p.m. Sunday as officers skilled a report of a person with a gun, who fled when approached — then allegedly turned and shot at them, said Deputy Chief Yolanda Talley, consistent with the Tribune.
The officers who returned fire wounded the suspect, who was taken to college of Chicago center and is predicted to survive, authorities said.
In court Tuesday, Allen was ordered persisted a $1 million bond but it had been not clear if he'd entered a plea and an attorney who might represent him wasn't immediately identified, reports the Tribune.
In the aftermath, Lightfoot said “a false rumor on social media” claimed that police had killed a 15-year-old boy, fanning tensions at the scene and fueling social media messages for people to go downtown, where large numbers of individuals converged on the high-end North Michigan Avenue shopping district referred to as the Magnificent Mile.
“Tempers flare fueled by misinformation,” Brown said at the press conference , reports Chicago television station WGN.Looting in several stores began around midnight Sunday within the shopping district and in other parts of downtown and took about four hours for police to contain. Authorities said 13 officers were injured, and a civilian and a personal watchman were wounded by gunfire.
At one point, authorities ordered several bridges over the Chicago River to be raised to limit access into downtown, and blocked some expressway ramps into the world before restoring regular access Monday morning, reports Chicago station WBEZ.
The organization Black Lives Matter Chicago skilled the events by also criticizing Lightfoot.
“In a predictable and unfortunate move, she didn't take this point to criticize her officers for shooting yet one more Black man ,” the organization said in a statement, reports the Tribune. “Lightfoot instead spent her time attacking ‘looters.’ The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May, and she or he would be knowing understand that the people will keep rising up until the CPD is abolished and our Black communities are fully invested in.”
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