CHICAGO — A Marquette Park man has been charged with leading police on a chase through West Englewood Tuesday that ended in a crash with four people hurt, including a 4-year-old and his mother.
Around noon Tuesday, officers in the 6600 block of South Wolcott Avenue saw a car believed to have been used in a suburban Brookfield murder, police said in a statement.
Officers pulled over the car in the 1700 block of West 65th Street and found Jermaine Douglas, 25, inside, police said.
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Douglas then drove away and led police on a chase until he got to 87th Street and Ashland Avenue, where he struck multiple cars, police said.
A 4-year-old boy and his mother were injured in the crash and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition, police said. A woman who was hurt was treated and released from Little Company of Mary Hospital.
Two other people who were involved in the crash refused treatment, police said.
Douglas, of the 7100 block of South Whipple Street, was arrested and brought to Christ Medical Center for treatment, police said. A weapon was recovered, police said.
He has been charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, one felony count of armed habitual offender, one felony county of aggravated fleeing of police and a slew of traffic violations stemming from the chase, police said. Police did not say if he has been charged in the suburban slaying.
Douglas is slated to make his initial court appearance on the charges Wednesday.
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