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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

No bail for man charged in shootout with police on Lower Wacker Drive

A surveillance video frame shows a Chicago police officer taking cover during a shootout in the 200 block of East Lower Wacker Drive Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. | Screen grab

Bail was denied Friday for a man accused of initiating a shootout with Chicago police officers trying to arrest him and two others in a stolen car on Lower Wacker Drive.

Edgardo Perez, 24, faces a count of attempted murder of a police officer in Wednesday night’s incident, which was captured on surveillance video. Perez was shot at least three times and appeared at a Friday court hearing in a wheelchair.

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