CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 10: A Police officers inspect a damaged Best Buy store after parts of the city had widespread looting and vandalism, on August 10, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Police made several arrests during the night of unrest and recove …
CHICAGO - A 20-year-old man shot during an exchange of gunfire with police in Englewood — whose shooting apparently led to widespread looting — has been held on $1 million bail.
Latrell Allen was charged with two felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of unlawful in connection to the Sunday shooting, Chicago police said.
Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun about 2:30 p.m. near the 5700 block of South Racine Avenue, police said at a press conference following the incident. During a chase, Allen allegedly fired shots at officers, and they returned gunfire, shooting him five times.
A weapon was recovered, and he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where his condition, police said.