Man shot Chicago cops after pulling gun from under blanket, prosecutors say

About this episode

The episode discusses the shooting of a Chicago police officer and the circumstances surrounding the incident.

A Chicago police officer was shot and killed over the weekend at Swedish Hospital. Alphanso Talley is accused of killing John Bartholomew and critically wounding another officer. A lot of questions remain about the circumstances of the shooting, so here to catch us up on what we do know is WBEZ’s public safety senior editor Tom Schuba. HOST : MELBA

People in this episode

Host: Melba

Guest: Tom Schuba

Topics covered

• police shooting
• public safety
• Chicago news
• law enforcement
• crime
• investigation

Keywords

• Chicago
• police shooting
• Alphanso Talley
• John Bartholomew
• Tom Schuba
• public safety
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago police

Places: Swedish Hospital, Chicago

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