A person has been charged with homicide for the demise of a girl killed in a crash with a Chicago police squad automobile in Lake View Wednesday whilst he led police on a chase around the town.
Marcel Oliver, 22, is charged with one legal rely each and every of first stage homicide, vehicular hijacking, possessing a stolen car and failure to document an coincidence inflicting harm, Chicago police stated. He additionally faces 3 legal counts of irritated fleeing inflicting harm.
Oliver, who lives in Fernwood, used to be riding a dark-colored Jeep about 8:15 p.m. close to 115th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue when officials spotted it used to be in all probability sought after for a number of crimes within the close by suburbs, police stated. They attempted to curb the Jeep within the 9400 block of South Union Avenue, however it took off and led police on a chase into Irving Park at the Northwest Side.
He crashed the Jeep close to Irving Park Road and Keystone Avenue and ran to a close-by fuel station, the place he stole an idling 2016 Nissan SUV at 9:54 p.m., police stated. He left the fuel station and took off east on Irving Park Road with police in pursuit.
While chasing the Nissan with their sirens activated, a marked squad automobile slammed right into a Ford Explorer touring north on Ashland Avenue, police stated. The driving force, a 37-year-old girl, used to be taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the place she died.
She used to be recognized as Guadalupe Francisco-Martinez, the Cook County clinical examiner’s administrative center stated. An post-mortem showed she died of her accidents and dominated her demise an coincidence.
The squad automobile spun out and and hit a Hummer stopped on the pink gentle, police stated. The Hummer’s driving force, a 62-year-old guy, and two passengers, a 29- and 44-year-old girl, had been all taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in truthful situation.
Two officials had been injured within the crash as neatly and are in truthful situation, police stated.
Oliver drove the stolen Nissan again to the South Side sooner than crashing right into a pole in Bridgeport, police stated. He attempted to run from the scene however used to be taken into custody at 10:13 p.m. within the 800 block of West Pershing Road. He used to be taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in severe situation.
Illinois State Police stated the Jeep used to be sought after in reference to a minimum of one murder.
Area Three detectives and the CPD Major Accidents Unit are investigating.
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