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  • Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy praised the “character and courage” of two officers who were wounded in a West Side shootout with an alleged drug dealer who was today ordered held without bond in connection with the incident.

    Speaking at a news conference at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building, McCarthy said that Harrison District Officers [RDV] and [JF] were both ex-U.S. Marines and Iraq War veterans.

    The two were out of Stroger Hospital and expected to make a full recovery.

Full recovery? They're both carrying lead around in their bodies. And one of the officers may be permanently disabled due to his wound.

This is an amazing story though:

  • In the chaos that ensued, [F] was able to give responding police a good description of the suspect before being taken to Stroger. [DV], who was treated and released from Stroger that night, returned to the scene “with the bullet still lodged in his arm” and led detectives on a walk-through of the crime, McCarthy said.

    That information, along with descriptions from a witness, led police to Jones, who was arrested at home about five hours later, according to police and prosecutors. A gun that matches the description and caliber of the weapon used in the shooting was found in an abandoned home a few doors away.

    Both officers identified Jones as the gunman in police lineups, authorities said.

And again, Quinn, Alvarez, even Devine and others need to answer why this asshole was on the streets:
  • Jones was on parole for a drug conviction at the time of the shooting and has five other felony convictions in his background, including a 2006 conviction for possessing a gun, court records show.

    The Illinois Department of Corrections Web site indicates that Jones was imprisoned at Pinckneyville Correctional Center before being paroled on July 28. His parole was set to terminate next Thursday.
We're going to go out on a limb here and say Jones has never contributed in any way, shape or form to society in any legal manner whatsoever. Yet he roams the streets, dealing dope, shooting cops and who knows what else. He needs to be put down like the rabid animal he is.

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