On September 5th, 2020 at approximately [music] 1:40 a.m., a Chicago police officer on night duty responded to a report of a stabbing [music] near South Lavergne Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found the victim critically injured along with the friend who had called for help. Want you to let me take a look. All right, can you leave that towel on? Hey, how how's this guy look? Like getting off the bus? Maybe like uh 6 ft. Yeah, like drive by, maybe like halfway. He went all black. Yeah, he's wanted by the park right now. He's actually by a tennis court right by the bushes. Carrying a big ass knife. All right. He called me cuz I was sleepy. That's my friend. Yeah. Cuz he he was dropping me off. He lives here? No. No, he he lives here. He he dropped you off? Yeah, he was dropping me off. I got out of the car. I was on my phone and then he started talking, but I was like, "Who's he talking to?" So, I looked up and this guy was like out of the window and his face without saying anything. Like just looking. So, then this guy he started walking away and my friend got off because we didn't know if he was going to do something. So, then I was like, "Are you okay? Like are you looking for somebody or something?" And he just like What did he do? That's what he did. He was chasing him with a knife. I came out and he was already chasing him. He was going that way. He started walking. So, I went behind. And my friend had gotten off. He He went in the car and I was like far away from him and that's when I started calling 911. Okay. So, then I guess my friend passed by him and this guy started throwing rocks at him like not even rocks, but they're like bricks. Over there and then we turned back this way and then he started chasing me. So, then I started throwing rocks at him and I was running this way and then this one he he came back over here and he was already outside. Yeah. And then he got um Well, he got close to him right here and that's when he was trying to back out. He was trying to back out and he went up to him with a knife. Got him through the window. Got him through the Where is it? Which car was it? It's this black car over here. It was the one right here. How big a knife is it, you know? Like a Bowie knife? Uh well, maybe like it was like this long. Like or like a kitchen knife? Okay. All right. The suspect, [music] described as a black male with a large build and standing nearly 6 ft tall, was reportedly wearing all black clothing and still carrying the knife used in the attack. He fled the scene on foot before officers arrived. While searching the area, officers encountered a black male who [music] they believed fit the description of the suspect. Hey, hey, let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. What are you What are you doing? Get away from me, bro. I just wanted to see your hands. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. I'm not I'm not playing no games, man. >> Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back right now. I'm telling you right now. Behind your back. Man, I don't got Bro. HEY, HEY, HEY. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TASED. DO YOU understand that? All right. Okay. Okay. Okay, okay. You're hurting me, bro. Uh you're hurting me, sir. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. All right, just relax. >> Okay, okay. You're hurting. You're hurting my arm, bro. Well, it's not You're in handcuffs. It's not It's not going to feel good. Stop resisting. Okay. And do as you're told to do and you won't get hurt. Do you understand that? >> Okay. All right. Stand up. Roll over on your side. Yep. Roll over on your side. Put your legs underneath you. Stand up. Well, you didn't have to listen You had to listen. I don't know what your problem is, fam. Straight up. You didn't have to do all that Straight up. >> Get in the car, man. You didn't have to do all What you mean? >> Just get in the car. >> you What you did all that for though, bro? GET IN THE GET IN THAT GODDAMN YOU DON'T SCARE ME, HOME. YEAH, I AIN'T SUPPOSED to scare you. >> me, home. A man don't supposed to scare ANOTHER MAN. >> SO, WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? BLACK AS HELL for no reason, cuz. So, what? Yeah, yes, I am. I'm your I'm your mother Why you got to throw me on the ground with handcuffs? Why you can't fight me like a man? Man, I ain't fighting YOUR I AIN'T FIGHTING YOUR ASS. BRO, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE them off then? Let me show them what I'm talking about. Uh you would have you would have did it then. You ain't You right. I ain't I ain't nothing. I ain't nothing. Yeah. Yes, I do. Yes, I am. Yep. So, What you going to do, cuz? Nothing. What you going to do, home? Nothing. What you going to do? Nothing. What you going to do? Nothing. What's up, bro? Was that the guy? No, he's over there. We got the skinny black guy. There were two guys? Which is the one that actually had the knife and stabbed him? The other guy over there. What did this guy do? What did the skinny guy do? I don't know what he You said I didn't see him. You just said he was involved. You said the skinny guy was involved. Where's Where's the big fat guy? We just relax, dude. We got to figure this all out. Yeah, I'm black. What's wrong with you? reason, bro. You got me with nobody, bro. What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? After speaking with the witness, officers learned that the man they had detained was not involved in the stabbing. The witness clarified that the primary suspect had been seen moments earlier inside Vitim Park. With [music] this new information, the officers immediately redirected their search and headed toward the park. Put your hands up. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. Hands up now. Put your hands up. Do you understand? Put your goddamn hands up. Don't be reaching for nothing. Don't you reach for nothing. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. TASER! DROP THE GODDAMN KNIFE. DROP IT! DROP IT! LET IT GO. LET IT GO. LET IT GO. DROP IT! DROP IT! >> [screaming] >> DID WE GET YOU? SEND THE AMBULANCE. YOU OKAY, SWEETHEART? You all right, sir? I'm fine. Where are we at? Vitim Park. Vitim Park. We're at uh We're at like uh 49th and Vitim Park. Get over. Are you guys okay? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You okay? I'm fine. I'm fine. He didn't It didn't go through. It didn't go through. What? He stabbed me in my vest in my stomach. We're good. We just need to get her a squad. We're all good over here. There's a knife underneath him. Straight stabbed the Stab charge. She's okay. I'm okay. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. You know what? Let's get her in the car. Yeah. Come on. I got my guy in the car. Okay. Got a guy in the back. Come on. Come on. Come on, Laverne. Sit down. God damn it. I'm sorry. He stabbed me in my life. Yes. Yes, I'm okay. I'm okay. You okay? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. You okay? Catch your breath. Catch your That's your breath. What was it that right here? That's the guy we encountered earlier. He stuck an object in my stomach. He stuck an object in your stomach? >> it didn't penetrate. It didn't penetrate. I think I don't and it didn't work. He pulled out the taser. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. What do you got on you? Did you get No. Is that blood? Okay. The confrontation ended with the suspect being fatally shot while the officer sustained no injuries. Investigators determined that the officers were justified in using lethal force as the taser had proven ineffective and the suspect posed an imminent threat to the officer's life, repeatedly stabbing her during the struggle. It was further confirmed that the suspect [music] committed aggravated battery on a police officer, formally bringing the case to a close. And that's how a late-night stabbing call turned into a deadly confrontation that tested every second of the officer's training. 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