Hammond attempted traffic stop leads to high-speed police chase on South Side of Chicago
4-year-old child was inside speeding car, police said
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was a high-speed police chase during the evening rush hour from northwest Indiana to Chicago's South Side Tuesday.
Just after 5 p.m., Highland, Indiana police tried to stop a black BMW in Hammond, the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department said.
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The officers were participating in a joint law enforcement operation involving multiple agencies, the department said.
The car drove away, and Highland police officers began to chase it.
Police officers with the Lake County Sheriff's Department and Lake County's Aviation Unit helicopter joined in, as the fleeing driver headed onto Torrence Avenue, then entered the Bishop Ford Freeway into Illinois.
The chase traveled onto the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway, where Chopper 7 spotted it about 5:20 p.m.
Several squad cars with lights activated were seen racing after the car, weaving in and out of traffic.
The vehicle got off the highway at 59th Street, and continued through a neighborhood. At one point, the vehicle drove onto the grass, before the vehicle was surrounded, just after 5:30 p.m., at 53rd Street and Morgan in Back of the Yards.
The 26-year-old male driver from Illinois got out and ran, leaving a 4-year-old child inside the car, police said.
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Officers used a Taser on him.
He was taken into custody, and is now at a correctional facility in Chicago, where he will await extradition to Indiana, police said.
He faces charges, including felony fleeing, reckless endangerment of a child and marijuana possession.
The 4-year-old child was checked by paramedics at the scene, and was placed in the custody of relatives.
