Chicago Top Cop: We’re Coming for Looters, over 100 Arrests Already

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown stressed during a Monday morning press conference his officers are coming after looters and 100 arrests have already been made related to the violence and destruction that happened overnight in the Windy City.

Fox News aired the press conference in which Brown noted violence and looting followed an officer-involved shooting in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood Sunday afternoon. He explained the suspect at the center of that shooting, a 20-year-old male, allegedly pointed a gun at officers and “shot at officers first.”

Officers returned fire, wounding the suspect. No officers were injured in the incident.

Brown said a “crowd gathered” following the incident, and were “fueled by misinformation as the afternoon turned into evening.” He noted that social media posts were allegedly used to encourage people to loot in downtown Chicago.