Video of suspects in Englewood shooting of retired Chicago cop released

Chicago police Thursday released video and photos of two suspects and their vehicle approaching an Englewood currency exchange after a retired Chicago police officer working security there was shot six times.

The retired officer, 60, was shot Thursday about 7:30 a.m. near 71st Street and Wentworth Avenue, according to police.

He was shot twice in the left thigh, once in the right thigh and three times in the abdomen, according to police. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where police said he was in serious condition.

The shooting happened as a woman was opening the currency exchange, according to police. A robber walked up to the woman, and the retired officer approached and identified himself as working security, the police report stated.

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A gray Dodge Durango then pulled up, and shots were exchanged, according to the report. The robber jumped into the SUV, and it sped off. It was not known if anyone in the SUV was hit.

No one was reported in custody.

Area 1 Deputy Chief Fred Melean called the retired officer’s actions “heroic” and said he likely saved the life of the currency exchange worker. “Definitely that person’s life was saved,” he said.

Two weeks ago, a retired Chicago police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with carjackers outside his Lawndale home. A 17-year-old boy who fired a rifle in the exchange was also wounded, according to prosecutors.