Incident

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7-30-2024 Illinois Chicago 2-1

Location

July 30, 2024

500 block of E 67th St
Chicago, Illinois

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Deputy Rafael D Wordlaw
Age: 31
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Cordarrow Thompson
Age: 32
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
Defensive Use - Victim shot
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

Off-duty LEO involved in shootout, crashed vehicle into pole following shooting, loc 6700 block of S Indiana Ave; 2nd victim in gas station grazed;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Handgun

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-gas-station-shooting-crash

URL: https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/off-duty-cook-county-sheriffs-deputy-dies-after-being-shot-at-chicago-gas-station-crashing-car-into-pole/

URL: https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-announces-charges-fatal-shooting-cook-county-sheriffs-deputy-rafael-wordlaw/15131274/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 3
State House District: 5