The Loss of a Chicago Peace Officer
On February 13, Chicago Police Commander, Paul Bauer, responded to a call on a fleeing suspect and was shot six times in the head, neck, torso, back, and wrist. Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. officers patrolling Lower Wacker Drive spotted the suspect, Shomari Legghette and approached him, which ended in him running away. The officers began to chase him and gave his description on the radio. Bauer was in a police vehicle at Lake and Clark and saw the suspect fleeing after moments of the description was given. Bauer chased after Legghette at the top of the Thompson Center stairwell and struggled to detain him. As they both struggled, Legghette took out his gun and fired 7 times, killing Bauer. In a matter of seconds Officers found Bauer laying in a pool of blood and the suspect laying in the stairs, in his pocket they found a 9 mm hand gun with an extended clip. Officers also recovered a "sharp object" as well as controlled substances such as heroin, m...