Video: Cop Pelted In Face With Bottle As 8 Officers Injured In Little Village Clash

By Stephen Gossett in News on Aug 23, 2017 10:25PM

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Eight police officers were injured and 11 people (including six minors) have been charged after a brawl broke out in Little Village on Tuesday night. Video posted to social media of one of the skirmishes appears to show someone in a crowd hurl a bottle at the face of one cop. Officers then push through a barricade toward the crowd.

Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 2600 block of South Albany Avenue, shortly after 8:50 p.m. Officers then fired shots when a vehicle attempted to flee the scene "believing they would be pinned between vehicles," according to police. No one was shot.

The chase ended up near the Discount Mega Mall (3101 W. 26th St.). A large crowd had amassed there after a funeral for a gang member, according to the Tribune. Video from social media posted last night, which was tagged at the Mall, shows someone in the crowd hurl something at the face of a police officer. A lawyer for one of the people charged in the incident told DNAinfo that the bottle (a Hennessy bottle) was thrown by the girlfriend of the deceased from the funeral, who was emotional from the situation. A flood of police follow through toward the crowd after the throw.

Tensions had been high as rumors spread last night that one or more persons had been shot, the Tribune reports.

One officer received stitches for "cuts to the face from a broken bottle," police said. All of the officers who were injured were in stable condition with non life-threatening conditions. Another officer suffered a broken hand. Celeste Perez, 19, of the 2500 block of south Trumbull, was arrested at 9:20 p.m. in the 3100 block of West 26th Street and charged with one felony count aggravated battery to a police officer and two felony counts of resisting/obstructing a police officer.

Eleven people—six juveniles and five adults—were charged, according to police.

- Antonia Perez, 22, of the 2400 block of South Sawyer, was arrested at 9:33 p.m. in the 3100 block of West 26th Street, charged with one count of felony aggravated battery to the police.

- Daniel Perez, 30, of the 2400 block of South Sawyer, was arrested at 10:15 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue, charged with one municipal violation of disorderly conduct.

- Ezekiel Perez, 24, of the 2400 block of South Sawyer, was arrested on 8:53 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Albany Avenue, charged with one misdemeanor count of reckless conduct.

- Jeremiah Perez, 28, of the 2400 block of South Sawyer, was arrested at 8:56 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Sawyer, charged with one felony count of aggravated assault, one felony count of fleeing, and numerous traffic violations.

- A boy, 14was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and arrested at 2500 block of South Albany at 8:55 p.m.

- A boy, 15, was charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing, and one misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct, arrested at 9:08 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Albany.

- A boy, 14, charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault to a police officer, and one municipal count of disorderly conduct, arrested at 10:15 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Kedzie.

- A boy, 17, was charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault of a police officer, arrested at 10:15 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Kedzie.

- A boy, 14, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery to a police officer, one misdemeanor count of resisting/obstructing, one municipal count of disorderly conduct arrested at 10:15 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Kedzie.

- A girl, 17, was charged with one misdemeanor count of Battery, one misdemeanor count of reckless conduct, one misdemeanor count of resisting/obstructing, arrested at 9:40 in the 3000 block of West 26th Street.