A person of interest is in custody in relation to the shooting death of Cook County Sheriff Deputy Rafael Wordlaw, according to police.
Wordlaw was at a gas station on the 500 block of East 67th Street in Woodlawn just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when police said he became the target of an attempted armed robbery.Authorities said a suspect pulled out a gun, prompting off-duty officer Wordlaw to do the same. The suspect shot him in the chest and ran away. Wordlaw was able to drive himself a half-mile down the road where his car crashed and came to a stop." an amazing person...
The 31-year-old was a correctional officer and had been with the department for five years. Dart spoke with Wordlaw's mother Tuesday. “She was telling me about him, and how the job had meant so much to him. His father was a Chicago police officer and they used to call him ‘officer friendly,’ and he wanted to carry on the family tradition,” he said.According to Chicago police and Cook County Sheriff data, this marks the fifth officer struck by gunfire between the two departments this year, while 37 CPD officers have been shot at since January 1.
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