Overview
- Lamont Hill, 59, was taken into custody after crashing near Chicago and Cicero avenues and is scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday.
- Authorities say he took a Cicero Fire Department ambulance outside Loretto Hospital while a paramedic was inside, and that paramedic jumped out about two blocks later.
- The pursuit crossed several West Side blocks and the ambulance struck multiple vehicles, including at least three Chicago police squad cars, with a ramming reported near Jackson and Central.
- A Chicago police officer fired toward the ambulance during the pursuit with no one struck, and the officer was placed on 30 days of administrative duty pending COPA’s review.
- Police reported three officers and four other people were hospitalized with crash injuries, and Hill was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.