A suspect is now in custody following a dramatic incident that unfolded on Saturday morning, where an attempted ATM theft turned into a high-speed chase down the Dan Ryan Expressway. Officials reported that during the chaos, the suspect struck a Cook County sheriff’s deputy with the deputy’s own squad car.
The chase began after four male suspects exited a dark-colored Jeep SUV and broke into a business on the 2800 block of West 55th Street in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood at approximately 7:15 a.m. According to Chicago police, the entire event was captured by security cameras.
Earlier that morning, another crime was caught on surveillance footage. Around 4:55 a.m., masked individuals were seen using an SUV to forcibly remove an ATM from a gas station located on the 7000 block of South Damen Avenue in West Englewood.
These incidents are part of at least two confirmed robberies reported by the Chicago Police Department on Saturday. The owner of the West Englewood gas station shared images showing the extent of the damage inflicted by the suspects.
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Attempts to pry open the ATM were thwarted, as captured by security cameras, while the store clerk remained behind the counter, alerting police to the unfolding crime.
After several minutes of trying, CPD said the offenders ran out of the store before fleeing in the Jeep, as police arrived on scene, leading to a chase.
The Jeep then crashed into another SUV in the Little Village neighborhood’s 3100-block of South California Avenue, CPD said. ABC7 cameras captured video of a damaged vehicle there.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies, who was patrolling the perimeter of the nearby Cook County Jail, stopped when he saw the scene of the crash around 7:30 a.m.
As the deputy got out of his squad car, he saw the four suspects flee the scene. One of them pushed past the deputy and jumped into his squad car, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office said the deputy tried to pull the suspect from his squad car, but the suspect drove away, hitting the deputy in the process. The injured deputy was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
CPD said the three other suspects were taken into custody near the crash scene, but the suspected squad car thief led Chicago police officers and Illinois State Police troopers on a chase down the Dan Ryan Expressway.
ISP deployed spike strips to stop the vehicle on the expressway near 78th Street in the Chatham neighborhood before 8:30 a.m. Police took the driver into custody.
No other injuries were reported, and Area One detectives are investigating. Police recovered three firearms.
Meanwhile, Chicago police are also investigating the nearby earlier ATM theft on South Damen Avenue in West Englewood.
Suspects broke in, took the ATM and got away in a Honda sedan and a Jeep SUV, Chicago police said.
No arrests have been made in connection to the West Englewood theft as CPD has not yet said if the ATM theft incidents were related.
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