SAT MAY 24 2014 ~11:20 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
KNIFE ATTACK/POLICE SHOOTING
71ST AND RACINE AVE CHICAGO, IL
CFD ENGLEWOOD TELLS T20: "PERSON IN THE STREET HAS THE KNIFE -- JUST KEEP GOING AND WAIT FOR THE POLICE."
T20: "I SEE'EM, HE'S COMING RIGHT AT US; I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ... WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE. BLUE JEANS LIGHT COLORED SHIRT ABOUT 6'0" TALL, BALD. CURRENTLY HE'S WESTBOUND."
OFFENDER TRYING TO GRAB A CAR AT 71ST AND RACINE.
T20: "PLEASE GET THE POLICE HERE; HE JUST DROPPED ON OUR RIG AND ALMOST GOT US."
T20 REQUESTS A SECOND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE -- "FIVE-O JUST DROPPED HIM."
T20 REQUESTING A THIRD ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE.
73RD IS THE FIRST INCIDENT. 71ST AND RACINE IS THE SECOND INCIDENT.
POLICE SHOT A KNIFE-WIELDING MAN AFTER HE JUMPED ON AND OFF A FIRE TRUCK.
OFFENDER IDENTIFIED AS MICHAEL MYERS, AGE 62, OF THE 11300 BLOCK OF SOUTH INDIANA AVE. MYERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:08 A.M.
ENGINE(S): ENG?
TRUCK(S): T20
EMS: A14 A58 A24
APPARENTLY TWO OTHERS INJURED, BUT NO DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME -- EXTRA INJURED NOT CONFIRMED.
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