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| 4 charged with attempted murder of Chicago cop |
| By chicagotribune.com |
| Published: 08/31/2009 |
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Suspects mistook officer for gang rival, police source says Four men were charged Sunday with allegedly trying to kill an off-duty Chicago police officer in a Southwest Side shooting that one police source said erupted when they mistook the gang-enforcement officer for a gang rival. The officer -- whom Chicago Police Department officials declined to identify -- was driving home about 3 a.m. Thursday through a section of Little Village carved up as turf by the Latin Kings and Two-Sixers, rival gangs that have been fighting to dominate the local drug trade for decades. The officer, who was wearing a jersey-type shirt over his police uniform, sensed he was being followed by a car with four people inside, the source said. The men -- Fernando Lopez, 20, Jose Huerta, 21, Fernando Gonzalez, 19, and Jesus Rios, 20 -- are reputed members of the Latin Kings who were out to avenge an earlier shooting, the source said. A police spokesman Sunday would not confirm whether the shooting was gang-related. The officer tried to evade the men's car, driving several blocks until he finally pulled onto Pulaski Road at 26th Street, the source said. Read More. |
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