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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93e09134db65dd5c46d5636233ee18a6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Police escort for a robbery suspect for medical attention In Chicago&#8217;s North Side on Saturday, turned deadly </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9178d6d903d2b716a1398b2b5d8268f8 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>One police officer was killed and another was “fighting for his life” in Chicago Saturday after the officers were allegedly shot at a hospital by a robbery suspect they were escorting </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1634297a4279ff6f59f26be105d6a4bd wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Shooting happened at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital around 10:45 a.m. after the cops brought the male detainee or treatment</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47af40a26d9f36e123c729ae2c102dc9 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>The fallen officer, a 38-year-old, 10 year veteran of the dept. was not named, while his 57-year-old partner remains hospitalized in critical condition</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d85ad468a47cbe4bbe9cb89b6628eae9 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>The yet to be identified suspect was back in custody around noon after a manhunt</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/one-police-officer-dead-another-126389366.jpg?w=757" alt="Low-resolution security camera image of a suspect in a hospital shooting, partially nude, holding an object to his chest." data-amp-lightbox="true" lightbox="true" class="wp-image-39197636"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The shooting happened while the officers were providing escort for a man detained for attempted armed robbery. It&#8217;s not clear this happened to or from the hospital. Surveillance camera footage shows the suspect running completely naked, clutching a hospital gown</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One police officer of from the Chicago Police Department was killed and another is “fighting for his life” in Chicago after the officers were allegedly shot Saturday, at a hospital by a robbery suspect they were escorting to receive medical attention before he turned on them, hitting one of the officers in the head.<br>The fallen officer, who was not publicly identified, but according CPD was a 38-year-old, 10 year veteran of the department. <br>The survivor who was was only identified as a 57-year-old officer who has been with the department 21 years was “fighting for his life,” after being transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition, police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a press conference. <br>Both officers were attached to the 17th District. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police Supt. Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson held a brief news conference outside Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Saturday to discuss the shooting<br></strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The two police offers were shot on the north side of Chicago at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital</strong> <strong>by the detainee they escorted to the hospital for medical attention </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The alleged shooter had been detained for attempted robbery, Supt. Snelling said. The officers were detailed to escort him to the Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in the North Side.<br>The hospital in a statement, said the shooting <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/swedish-hospital-shooting-today-2-cops-hurt-roseland-chicago-5140-north-california-avenue-officials-say/18965847/">happened</a> around 10:45 am on Saturday after the officers brought the man for treatment.<br>The detainee had been checked for weapons and “was escorted by law enforcement at all times,” the hospital said in the statement, clarifying that neither hospital employees nor patients were hurt. <br>A firearm was recovered during the investigation, according to authorities, who did not detail the sequence of events leading to the shooting and referred to the gun they found as a “third weapon.”<br>Image obtained from surveillance camera footage, showed the purported suspect running completely naked, clutching what appeared to be a hospital gown.<br>Three white electrode pads were still attached to his chest.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chicago PD officers investigate after detainee shot two cops at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, Chicago, IL. Neither the victims nor the suspect have been named by authorities </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Chicago police, the yet to be identified suspect was back in custody at around noon after a manhunt.<br>“Today is a real difficult moment for our city. It’s a tragedy. Our officers stand in the way of harm every single day, risking their own lives, and along with them risking their lives, they have families that expect them to come home,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Saturday, adding, “One of our officers will not be able to return.”<br></p>

Two Chicago police officers shot Saturday at hospital, one fatally, during prisoner transport for medical observation, fleeing suspect back in custody
