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Man charged with pointing gun at suburban police chief

Posted December 06, 2017 6:00 am

The Associated Press

HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) - One of the people arrested after gunfire erupted during a funeral procession in suburban Chicago is now charged with trying to draw a gun on a police chief after a brief car chase.

The Chicago Tribune reports that 24-year-old Marcus Davis of Chicago faces a felony gun charge after an investigation revealed that after and the others jumped out of the car on Tuesday afternoon he allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at Hillside Police Chief Joseph Lukaszek before he dropped the weapon.

Davis was riding in a car during a funeral procession in which shots were fired three times - once in Chicago, once on the Eisenhower Expressway in Forest Park and once in Hillside.

He and three other people were taken into custody.

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