Overview
- The detainee, brought for treatment Saturday morning, opened fire inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital around 10:50 a.m., killing a 38-year-old officer and critically injuring his 57-year-old partner.
- After the shooting, the suspect fled the campus on foot and was arrested around midday near the 2600 block of West Carmen Avenue, where police also recovered a firearm.
- Hospital officials said the prisoner was screened with a handheld metal-detection wand on arrival and was under escort, yet investigators have not said how he obtained a gun and charges were still pending Monday.
- Local outlets identified the fallen officer as 10-year Chicago Police veteran John Bartholomew, while the surviving 21-year veteran remained in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
- Swedish Hospital went into lockdown and later reopened to normal operations, and the case is driving reviews of how detainees are screened and guarded during routine medical transports to emergency departments.