A Back of the Yards neighborhood woman has been charged with three felonies, two misdemeanors and issued six traffic tickets after she allegedly struck an officer with a vehicle following a chase and crash early Sunday on the Southwest Side.
Police fired shots at the woman, but she was not struck by the police gunfire.
She was hospitalized after being Tasered following the crash. The officer struck by the vehicle was also injured, police said.
Rosa Gutierrez, 31, of the 5000 block of South Hoyne Avenue, was charged Saturday one count each of felony aggravated battery to a police officer, felony possession of a controlled substance, felony aggravated fleeing an accident with bodily injury, misdemeanor driving under the influence and misdemeanor resisting/obstructing a peace officer, according to a police statement.
Officers responded about midnight to a report of shots fired near South Kedzie Avenue and West 60th Street and saw a vehicle matching the description of a dispatch report fleeing the scene, police News Affairs Sgt. Antoinette Ursitti said.
The officers activated their emergency equipment and attempted to curb the vehicle, but the motorist — identified in the statement as Gutierrez — refused to stop and committed multiple traffic violations in an attempt to elude police, Ursitti said.
The vehicle eventually crashed into a residential garage in the 4100 block of West Marquette Avenue at 12:07 p.m., police said. When officers approached, Gutierrez allegedly reversed the vehicle into an officer, prompting another officer to fire shots at Gutierrez, police said.
The motorist was not struck by the police gunfire, and a Taser was then deployed when the motorist resisted arrest, Ursitti said.
Gutierrez and the officer were both taken to local hospitals, where they were treated and released, police said.
Gutierrez was also ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign, disobeying a red light, driving the wrong way on a one way street, driving on a suspended license, operating a vehicle without insurance and driving 15 to 20 miles per hour above the speed limit, according to the statement.
Narcotics were also recovered on the scene, Ursitti said.
Gutierrez is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing Sunday in Central Bond Court (Br. 1) at 2600 S. California Ave.
Wentworth Area detectives and the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings, is investigating.
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