Chicago man who walked into police station, pointed gun at officer facing assault charges
IL man was shot, wounded by police
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man accused of walking into a Chicago police station and pointing a gun at officers, leading police to shoot and wound him, was expected to appear in court Friday on assault charges.
The police department said in a news release that 43-year-old Terrick Bland, of nearby Maywood, is charged with five counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer and one felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
According to police, Bland on Wednesday walked into the lobby of the Ogden District station in the Lawndale neighborhood on the city's West Side and began shouting anti-police statements. When officers ordered him to drop a gun that he had wrapped in a plastic bag, he pointed it at officers and at least three of them opened fire.
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Bland was shot once in the shoulder and was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
An Illinois man who walked into a police station and pointed a gun at police is facing assault charges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It was the second time in a little more than a week in which Chicago officers shot an armed suspect inside of a police station.
On Sept. 26, police shot and wounded 47-year-old Donald Patrick, of Waukegan, after authorities say he climbed a fire escape on another West Side station, entered the building, grabbed handguns off a table and allegedly pointed them at officers who were undergoing SWAT training. Patrick was arrested and charged with burglary and aggravated assault of an officer using a firearm. He remains in jail.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After the shooting Wednesday, Brown said the department was examining what could be done to beef up security at police stations.