On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at approximately 7:37 PM, 4th District officers observed an armed subject in the 7400 block of South Bennett. Officers pursued the subject to the rear of a residence where an armed confrontation ensued. Officers discharged their weapons striking the offender who was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition.
On January 9, 2019 at approximately 4:10 p.m. in the 9200 block of South Saginaw Avenue as part of a narcotics investigation, Omar Cano, 41, was found in possession of three bags of a green, leafy substance suspected of being cannabis weighing approximately 1,500 grams with an estimated street value of $24,000.
A search warrant of Cano’s residence uncovered an additional 46,658 grams of suspected cannabis with an estimated street value $746,528. Cano was taken into custody and charged accordingly. No further information is available at this time.
09 JAN 19 -South Side Man Charged with Possession of Cannabis