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  "path": "/crime/2026/03/04/man-charged-with-ambush-shooting-at-cops-in-auburn-gresham",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T18:51:41.828Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A 31-year-old man is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday, accused of creeping up behind several police officers and shooting at them during a prostitution investigation Monday morning in Auburn Gresham on the South Side. </p><p>Sedrick Griffin, was charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and possessing a firearm while being a repeat felon among other charges, Chicago police said. </p><p>Officers were inside two marked squad cars just after 6 a.m. Monday for a call of solicitation of prostitution in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/02/gunman-shoots-at-chicago-cops-leading-to-chase-crash-in-auburn-gresham\" target=\"_blank\" >7500 block of South Peoria Street</a> when Griffin arrived in a black Nissan Amarada and 'crept' up behind a pickup truck before he allegedly began shooting at the officers, according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times.</p><p>Griffin, 31, then allegedly fled in a black SUV, and officers chased him until he crashed into two parked vehicles in the 7600 block of South Union Avenue, police said.</p><p>He tried running away but was arrested and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center for observation, officials said.</p><p>Griffin, of the Garfield Park neighborhood, was scheduled to appear for a detention hearing before a Cook County judge at the Leighton Criminal Court building Wednesday.</p>",
  "title": "Man charged with ambush shooting at cops in Auburn Gresham",
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