R.I.P. Scout26
A man with a concealed-carry license was commended for coming to the aid of Cicero police who were engaged in a shootout with a man who shot and wounded an officer near the Stevenson Expressway, authorities said. @mitchtrout and @MHendricksonCST report.https://t.co/qjsYVB0AHr — Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) September 14, 2018
The officers boxed the vehicle in traffic and the suspect got out and began firing the automatic weapon at them as he fled on foot, ...
1. Automatic weapons are illegal in Illinois. (Same with suppressors and any other fun toys.) Chances are the reporter (and editor) are idiots, because I really doubt that a CCW holder was simply waling around with at full auto whatever strapped to his hip.
It's the bad guy who allegedly had an automatic weapon.