White Police Officer Shot During Shootout with Black Thugs

Chicago CBS Local
October 10, 2014

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Chicago Police Capt. Edward Kulbida was shot in the shoulder during the shootout.

A Chicago police captain was recovering at the hospital on Wednesday, after he was wounded in a shootout that led to a six-hour standoff in Englewood, and ended with the arrest of a man wanted in a shooting spree in Indiana, and a second suspect shot and killed.

It all started about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment building near 72nd and Lowe. Chicago police officers and federal agents were serving an arrest warrant for 42-year-old Daniel Brown, a suspect in a string of shootings in Indiana, who allegedly had traveled to his sister’s apartment in Englewood.

As authorities approached the building, someone inside opened fire on police, and Chicago Police Capt. Edward Kulbida was wounded. He suffered a graze wound to the head, and another shot struck him in the shoulder, but the bullet apparently was absorbed by his protective vest.

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Daniel Brown was taken into custody while the other shooter was killed.

Police returned fire while some officers dragged Kulbida inside to get him out of the line of fire. However, in doing so, Kulbida and the officers became pinned inside the building’s vestibule until the captain could be taken out the back. Kulbida, 58, was transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Kulbida was in good condition, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he was joking so much, he should try open mic night at The Second City.

After Kulbida was shot, officers swarmed the building and tried to convince the shooter or shooters to surrender, before ultimately storming the apartment around 11:30 p.m. A federal law enforcement source confirmed Brown was taken into custody. Another man, whose name has not yet been released, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

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