{"id":952221,"date":"2026-07-22T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/952221\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:02:26","slug":"chicago-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-swat-officer-among-2-shot-in-albany-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/952221\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago man charged with attempted murder after SWAT officer among 2 shot in Albany Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/u5ne643f78gr0bec.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago man charged after SWAT officer among 2 shot\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/u5ne643f78gr0bec.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago man charged after SWAT officer among 2 shot\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A Chicago man has been charged with 11 felony counts, including attempted murder, after a Chicago police SWAT officer was shot while responding to a domestic-related incident Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>   Chicago man charged in Albany Park SWAT shooting <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police identified the suspect as Daniel Aguirre, 42, of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/daniel-aguirre-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Aguirre faces 11 felony charges:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Three counts of attempted murder &#8211; strong probability of death or injury<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm involving a police officer or firefighter<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Two counts of aggravated battery using a deadly weapon<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Two counts of aggravated unlawful restraint<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">One count of aggravated assault of a peace officer\/firefighter\/emergency worker<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">One count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The shooting happened shortly before 11 a.m. Monday at a home in the 4600 block of North Springfield Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Interim Chicago Police Superintendent Fred Waller said officers initially responded to a report of a person shot. When they arrived, they found a 67-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers provided aid before she was taken to a hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police said Aguirre then remained inside the home with a 42-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl, allegedly holding both at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SWAT officers were called to the scene after the suspect allegedly refused to come out.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As officers attempted to breach the home&#8217;s door, police said Aguirre fired through the door, striking a SWAT officer in the lower abdomen.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The officer was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he underwent surgery. Authorities said he is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police continued negotiating with Aguirre before the two hostages were released. Waller said both had been battered and were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Aguirre surrendered a short time later and was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not released additional details about what led to the domestic-related incident.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Aguirre is due in court Wednesday for a detention hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/organization\/cpd\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Police Department<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/albany-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Albany Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A Chicago man has been charged with 11 felony counts, including attempted murder, after a Chicago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":952222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[124215,960,5404,12634,6082,5386,1818,50,12632,68],"class_list":["post-952221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-albany-park","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-cpd","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-organization","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116964711384078042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952221","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=952221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}