Overview
- A CBS News Chicago reporter and photographer were approached and threatened by men who exited a white truck while the crew prepared for a 4 p.m. live shot on Monday afternoon near the Adler Planetarium.
- Police say the men shouted racial slurs, tried to set a dog on the journalists, and then damaged the photographer’s camera and the news truck’s windshield before fleeing the scene.
- Chicago police pursued suspects and, according to station reporting and multiple outlets, arrested three people in the Brighton Park neighborhood after the chase.
- Authorities reported no injuries to the two journalists and said a related element of the pursuit involved a gun being pointed at another person, with formal charges and motive still under investigation.
- CBS issued a statement calling the attack shocking and expressing relief that staff were safe, and investigators say they will develop the case further to determine charges and motive.