A 31-year-old man is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday, accused of creeping up behind several police officers and shooting at them during a prostitution investigation Monday morning in Auburn Gresham on the South Side.
Sedrick Griffin, was charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and possessing a firearm while being a repeat felon among other charges, Chicago police said.
Officers were inside two marked squad cars just after 6 a.m. Monday for a call of solicitation of prostitution in the 7500 block of South Peoria Street when Griffin arrived in a black Nissan Amarada and ‘crept’ up behind a pickup truck before he allegedly began shooting at the officers, according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times.
Griffin, 31, then allegedly fled in a black SUV, and officers chased him until he crashed into two parked vehicles in the 7600 block of South Union Avenue, police said.
He tried running away but was arrested and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center for observation, officials said.
Griffin, of the Garfield Park neighborhood, was scheduled to appear for a detention hearing before a Cook County judge at the Leighton Criminal Court building Wednesday.
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