{"id":670063,"date":"2026-03-20T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670063\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:01:17","slug":"charges-pending-in-death-of-chicago-firefighter-michael-altman-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670063\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges pending in death of Chicago firefighter Michael Altman: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/12b9ocn4dmgtvr7l.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect reportedly questioned after firefighter killed in Rogers Park fire\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; Charges are pending in connection with the death of a Chicago firefighter who was injured while battling a blaze earlier this week, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Chicago firefighter Michael Altman, 32, was hurt late Monday morning after responding to a fire at a four-story apartment building in the 1700 block of West North Shore Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Altman reportedly fell through the first floor into the basement as crews worked to put out the fire. Other firefighters nearby pulled him from the building.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Altman was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died Tuesday morning. He was assigned to Truck 47 in Edgewater.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Former Chicago firefighter and current Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th Ward) said the loss is being felt deeply across the department.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;I spoke with one of the officers who was with him that day and the chief that was on the scene. They&#8217;re going through some very difficult times,&#8221; Gardiner said. &#8220;It&#8217;s extremely sad. It&#8217;s a brotherhood. Any time you lose a brother from your immediate family or your extended family on the Chicago Fire Department, it&#8217;s a tragedy, and it&#8217;s extremely difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Funeral arrangements for Altman have been announced.<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Visitation \u2014 Held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 26 at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, located at 7740 S. Western Avenue in Chicago.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Funeral \u2014 Held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 27 at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><strong>The video at the top of this story is dated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from FOX Chicago sources and previous FOX Chicago reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/rogers-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/edgewater\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edgewater<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; Charges are pending in connection with the death of a Chicago firefighter who was injured while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":666421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,10334,5386,1818,50,11618,68],"class_list":["post-670063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-edgewater","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-rogers-park","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116263759854754836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}