<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3JfcBn_0wEfb7w300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3JfcBn_0wEfb7w300" width="1200" height="630" ><figcaption>Edgar Barron (Cook County Sheriff’s Office)</figcaption></figure>CHICAGO — More than seven years after two Chicago police officers were shot while working in Back of the Yards, a second man was charged with the crime on Saturday.Edgar Barron, 25, was 17 years old when he allegedly shot plainclothes officers Leo Augle and Colin Ryan on May 2, 2017. On Saturday afternoon, Judge Deidre Dyer ordered Barron detained pending trial on two counts of attempted murder. Court records show he has never been charged with any other crime in Cook County.“Great news!” Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) tweeted Sunday. “I’m glad the judge detained him so he can’t run back to Mexico again.”Augle and Ryan were patrolling the 1500 block of West 43rd Street following an earlier shooting when someone fired shots at their undercover van from another vehicle around 9:10 p.m. The officers, who were following a car they suspected contained gang members seeking retribution for the previous shooting, were shot by someone who rolled up next to them in a minivan, prosecutors said.Shortly after the shooting, officials said a single gunman used a semi-automatic .223 rifle to shoot at the officers, striking Augle in the back and Ryan in his arm and hip. More than 25 bullet holes were found in the officers’ vehicle.The officers fired back at the gunman, but no other injuries were reported. Investigators later recovered the gunman’s minivan and rifle in Bridgeport.The driver of the minivan, Angel Gomez, was arrested about a week after the shooting and eventually pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm in November 2021. He received a five-year sentence, which was satisfied by the time he spent in jail awaiting trial, according to court records.Gomez allegedly told investigators that he thought his passenger was shooting at rival gang members, not police officers.During an initial court appearance for Gomez, prosecutors said gang members identified Gomez and the gunman upon learning that they had shot police officers.</div></body>

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7 years after allegedly shooting two Chicago cops, man is charged

CHICAGO — More than seven years after two Chicago police officers were shot while working in Back of the Yards, a second man was charged with the crime on Saturday. Edgar Barron, 25, was 17 years old when he allegedly shot plainclothes officers Leo Augle and Colin Ryan on May 2, 2017. On Saturday afternoon, Judge Deidre Dyer ordered Barron detained pending trial on two counts of attempted murder. Court records show he has never been charged with any other crime in Cook County.