A man was charged following a police-involved shooting in an attempted burglary of an officer’s own home Friday morning.
Lamont Ferdinand, 21, of the 7700 block of South Wolcott, was charged Saturday with aggravated assault to a peace officer and residential burglary, police said.
Shots were fired at 9:03 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Vernon Avenue Friday, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
An off-duty officer fired shots at three people and may have struck one, Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Curtis Tarver said.
Ferdinand showed up with a gunshot wound to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County with bullets that were matched to the officer’s gun and he was charged Saturday, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The other two people fled the scene after the apparent break-in attempt, police said.
Ferdinand is scheduled for a bond hearing Sunday.
As you can see this story isn’t about police breaking the law or wasting taxpayer dollars. It’s about an off duty cop who defended his life, family and property. It’s a good example of how the monopoly police have on protection services make us less safe. (Along with anti-gun laws)
So, three men break into a home to burglarize it and instead find a man with a gun. All the laws against burglary, breaking an entering, thief of property, trespassing, destruction of property, possession of stolen property and the abundance of police officers to enforce them didn’t keep Lamont Ferdinand safe; it was his gun. A gun that he might not have if he weren’t a Chicago Police officer. Unless he wanted to jump through all the bureaucratic hoops and pay the fees required to possess a firearm.
It has to make you wonder? Why restrict gun ownership when a gun is clearly what kept this man safe? It wouldn’t make officers job any more difficult, as they would no longer have to focus on the gun trade. Unless someone stole property from someone and that property happened to be guns. It wouldn’t make cops or people less safe, as an armed society is a safe society. It wouldn’t make guns any easier to get, as most anyone who is willing to put more than 5 minutes of effort in can get one, most likely illegally. It would increase economic growth, as the gun industry would boom, creating jobs and other opportunities for people. I’m also willing to bet that people will think twice before entering someone’s home with ill intentions.
Instead it’s nearly impossible or a burden for people to keep or get a firearm, under man made regulation. If this person didn’t have a gun, him and his family could of been beaten or over powered by these thugs. This story could easily have been about a in a break-in gone wrong. The police can take critical minutes or in some cases hours to arrive on scene, so you can’t rely on them. The officer in the article above didn’t. He didn’t reach for the phone to call 911 or his other cop friends. He reached for his pistol, pointed it and fired. At which time the perps fled and the man secured his property.
Lesson to be learned from this: The police can’t protect you, that’s your responsibility. They know it, do you?
um… i think Lamont was the burglar, not the gun-owner/homeowner…