Two Officers were chasing suspect to the apartment where they were confronted by another person with AR.
Nobody knew what happened there, but one Officer ended with a bullet in the back, then died in Hospital.
Unfortunately, after investigation it became clear that the only weapon discharged was the handgun of the second Officer, staying behind during the confrontation.
Right now, it doesn’t matter who should be blamed for the death… the scary part of this is how the Chicago Police is not prepared for uncommon scenarios - in this case CQB or “tunnel structure” tactics.
I’ve been practicing and training with LEOs from different Departments (locally and out of State of IL) and every time I was asking about their training with firearms, the answer was always the same: “not enough”… sometimes even: “none”.
What I can see, only S.W.A.T. is really prepared to do more than traffic stop and/or streets patrolling.
It’s not a first time I see something like this happened in Chicago (bad firearm handling and thinking).
I’m wondering if you heard about similar cases of bad training and preparedness in other locations.