BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Two men have been charged after a Bedford Park officer was shot multiple times within walking distance of the police department on Sunday morning.
Blue Island man Raul Perez, 24, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, and one count of armed habitual criminal, police said on Tuesday.
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Chicago man Luis Gonzalez, 22, has been charged with attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking.
Investigators said just after 3 a.m. Sunday, they found an empty wrecked car near the police station on South Archer Road. That car, police said, was reported stolen in a carjacking out of Chicago.
A short time later, police said, they saw two people come from a grassy area near a gas station and get into a car. Officers tried to stop the two, and that's when, police said, a struggled ensued with one of them.
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Police said that suspect then shot an officer multiple times. That officer is expected to survive, and two handguns were recovered on the scene.