Chicago Police Officer Danny Golden will be released from the hospital Friday afternoon, nearly a week after being shot in the back and paralyzed while trying to break up a bar fight in Beverly.
near a bar in the 2400 block of West 104th Street around 2:30 a.m. on July 9, police said.
Prosecutors said three suspects got into a fight with customers at a Beverly bar, which eventually spilled outside. Off-duty Officer Golden was acting as a peacekeeper, and was walking away from the suspects when one pulled out a gun and began firing.On Tuesday, a Cook County judge at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse ordered three men charged with shooting Chicago police officer Danny Golden held without bond.
"He’s shot in the back by these cowards," said 19th Ward Alderman Matt O’Shea. "He’s paralyzed. He’s getting married next year. And he won’t be able to walk down the aisle."
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