Woman Dead After Dragging Officer With Car Before Crashing Into Business In Dolton; Shots Fired By Police – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — A lady is useless and two law enforcement officials are in severe situation after a confrontation at a drive-thru restaurant that ended with photographs fired by police and a crash in Dolton early Tuesday morning.

Staff at Baba’s Well-known Steak & Lemonade restaurant known as police after a lady with a gun was “appearing irrationally” on the drive-thru window, situated at Oakley Avenue and Sibley Boulevard, round 1 a.m. The restaurant was closed on the time, and the lady apparently was upset that she couldn’t obtain service, based on village spokesman Sean Howard.

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Officers arrived and requested the lady, and a passenger, exit the automotive. The male passenger received out the car and the lady refused to exit, Howard mentioned.

As one of many officers tried to take away the lady from the car, she began to drive and dragged an officer, based on Howard.

One other officer fired photographs a number of occasions after observing the primary officer in misery and seeing the car approaching.

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“The officer noticed the automotive as a weapon,” Howard mentioned.

Three photographs hit the lady earlier than her automotive crashed right into a Dolton squad automotive after which a motorcycle store. The girl was pronounced useless.

Each officers have been taken to native hospitals in severe situation.

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Officers mentioned there’s physique digital camera video of the incident. Illinois State Police are investigating.