Woman Fatally Shot By Police She Dragged, Ran Over

Oak Forest IL

27 July, 2021

1:45 PM

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DOLTON, IL — A woman who dragged a police officer and struck another with her car at a restaurant drive-thru early Tuesday morning died after a Dolton police officer shot her three times and her car crashed into a nearby storefront, authorities said. Both officers were also injured. Dolton police responded to a call of a woman with a gun around 1 a.m. at Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade restaurant on the corner of Oak and Sibley Boulevards, Dolton spokesman Sean Howard told reporters. Officers ordered the woman, along with a man who was also inside the vehicle, to get out. Police said the man complied, but the woman refused and sped off while one of the officers was trying to remove her from the car. Howard said the officer was hanging halfway out of the window of the moving car. Officials said the other officer then fired three times into the car before the vehicle struck him, crashed into a squad car and continued moving one block before finally crashing into Compleat Cyclist bicycle shop on Sibley Boulevard. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the two officers were taken to a local hospital with "serious" injuries, though officials said the officer who shot the woman might be released shortly. It's unclear if the woman died from gunshot wounds or from the crash. Her name has not been released. Illinois State Police are investigating the officers' use of force.