Police shot and critically wounded a man wielding a knife after a chase in River North Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Two officers were also taken to the hospital but were not injured, sources said.
The shooting occurred about 2:30 p.m. in the 0-100 block of East Hubbard St., according to the Chicago Fire Department. Police said officers saw the man, who had a warrant for his arrest, chased him into a Courtyard by Marriott Hotel and used their tasers while trying to arrest him.
Two officers fired when the man turned toward them with the knife in hand, police said. The man was shot in the upper torso and officers recovered a weapon at the site, according to police.
By 2:50 p.m., police were asking for help clearing pedestrians from the sidewalks around the hotel, 30 E. Hubbard St., and making a path for three ambulances.
The man and the two officers were all taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a source said.
By 3:30 p.m., traffic was shut down for two blocks to the north and south of the hotel, forcing CTA to reroute its State Street buses in both directions, and officers were advising hotel patrons that they should be prepared to wait to get back into the hotel. Detectives, tactical officers and other police personnel clustered on the sidewalk in front of the hotel, while others walked the service alley in the back of the building.
Tim Fakhoury, who said he was the property manager for two buildings adjacent to the rear of the hotel, said officers told him the man had been in a 7-Eleven at State and Illinois Streets and “went through the back.”
The Chicago Office of Police Accountability and the Police Department’s investigative response team are investigating.
