The Chicago man whose arrest after a shootout with cops sparked looting in the city has been charged with attempted murder, according to officials.
Latrell Allen, 20, was confronted in an alley Sunday because he matched the description of an armed suspect — and then “pointed a gun and fired multiple rounds at uniformed Chicago police officers” as he fled, the force said.
He was arrested after being struck by return fire from the officers, the department said in an earlier release, as a spokesman also tweeted a photo of Allen’s handgun allegedly found at the scene.
His injuries were not immediately known, but he is expected to survive, the Chicago Tribune said. Three officers were also hospitalized for observation after the shootout in Englewood in the city’s troubled South Side.
Allen was charged late Monday with two counts of first-degree attempted murder as well as one count of unlawful possession of a weapon.
He is expected to have a bond hearing Tuesday but it is unknown whether he will be able to attend court in person because of his injuries.
Allen called his mom, Larticsa Allen, to say, “Mom, the police shot me! … they shot me five times!’” she told CBS Chicago.
“I said, ‘Latrell, did you shoot them?’ He said: ‘No mama, I did not shoot them. I was just running,’” she told the station, with her son insisting he was not armed — despite police showing a photo of the alleged weapon.
She confirmed a social media photo of a man holding two guns in a threatening pose was her son, telling the station, “It says terrible, be careful of him.”
Allen pleaded guilty to burglary last year and was sentenced to probation, and also faces a pending misdemeanor reckless conduct and child endangerment case, the Tribune said, citing court records.
The arrest was the spark for disgraceful scenes of looters trashing sections of the city — largely following what cops called “blatant misinformation” that a teen had been shot.
Chicago’s top cop, Supt. David Brown, said officers were again repeatedly shot at during the rampage which saw 100 arrests.
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