CHICAGO — At least one Chicago police officer shot a man who was armed with a knife at a River North hotel on Monday afternoon, according to witnesses. He was initially listed in critical condition.
A tactical unit initially radioed that they saw a man with a knife in the first block of West Hubbard around 2:22 p.m, according to radio transmissions.
The officers said they saw the man, armed with a six-inch butcher knife, board an elevator. He later entered the rear door of a 7-Eleven on State Street. They followed the man, deployed at least one Taser in a nearby alley, and eventually confronted him at the Courtyard Marriott, 30 East Hubbard.
Witnesses reported hearing the officers repeatedly telling the man to drop the knife before hearing gunfire.
CPD officers applied a chest seal and administered other life-saving measures to try to stabilize the man before EMS arrived. Two officers were also taken to hospitals, but the nature of their injuries, if any, was not immediately known.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency responsible for investigating CPD uses of force, said its investigators were heading to the scene. CPD released this statement on Monday evening:
Preliminary Statement on Police-Involved Shooting in the 0-100 block of E. Hubbard Street.
CHICAGO – On Monday, April 7, 2025, at approximately 2:23 p.m., Chicago Police officers assigned to the 18th District observed a wanted offender in the 0-100 block of W. Hubbard Street.
The offender, who was armed with a knife, fled from officers, and officers gave chase into a business in the 0-100 block of E. Hubbard.
Officers attempted to de-escalate the situation. Multiple officers deployed their tasers in an attempt to incapacitate the offender, but all attempts were not effective. The offender continued to disregard verbal direction and turned toward officers still holding the knife.
Two officers then discharged their service weapons, striking the offender. Officers rendered aid to the offender, who sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body and was transported to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition.
A weapon was recovered on-scene. Two officers were transported to a nearby hospital for observation.
The Investigative Response Team is on scene investigating. Currently, the specifics of this incident, including the comprehensive use of force investigation, are being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability with the full cooperation of the Chicago Police Department.
The officer(s) involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum period of 30 days.
This matter remains under investigation and all further inquiries can be directed to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability at (312) 746-3609.
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Editor’s note: This story was updated at 10:07 p.m. on April 7, 2025, to include CPD’s statement, which was released after our initial story was published.
