David Abarca has been charged with one count each of attempted murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
A 22-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shootout with an off-duty Chicago Police officer on the Stevenson Expressway, which left a woman critically wounded.
According to a Chicago Police Department report on the incident, an off-duty CPD officer was driving on the expressway when someone in a blue Nissan Maxima pointed a laser sight at him, and started shooting.During the shootout, the driver of the Nissan Maxima, a 24-year-old woman was shot in the head. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Abarca has been charged with one count each of attempted murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and aggravated discharge of a firearm, and is being held without bail. Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan declined to provide further details on the incident, referring questions to Illinois State Police, who were investigating because the shootout happened on an expressway.
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