(Black) Jovan McPherson Charged With Shooting CPD Officer, Kidnapping Woman In Lincoln Park

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(Black) Jovan McPherson Charged With Shooting CPD Officer, Kidnapping Woman In Lincoln Park CHICAGO (CBS) — An Elgin man has been charged with attempted murder and several other felonies, accused of shooting a Chicago Police officer Monday afternoon, after he kidnapped a woman in Lincoln Park. Police said 23-year-old Jovan McPherson is charged with one count of attempted murder, two felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one felony count of aggravated battery , one felony count of armed kidnapping, one felony count of aggravated unlawful restraint, and one felony count of resisting a police officer. Police Supt. David Brown said it all started with an altercation inside the Ulta beauty store in the North & Sheffield Commons shopping center at 1000 W. North Av. Someone in the store called police because someone was acting erratic, Brown said. It was not clear exactly what happened in the store, but Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), who represents the area, noted that McPherson and a person who was with him had failed to wear masks in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. “We do know that the offender and the person he was with were not wearing masks, and there was some type of confrontation,” Hopkins said. “It’s too early to say if that confrontation was the result of them not wearing a mask.” Police immediately responded, and McPherson got into a struggle with an officer, police said. The struggle continued out into parking lot and another officer arrived, Brown said. The suspect then fired three rounds at an officer and struck him once, Brown said. The officer suffered a through-and-through wound to the face. The officer was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. He has since been released from the hospital, and stopped by his district police station before he headed home Monday night. Tuesday morning, police said the kidnapping and unlawful restraint charges against McPherson stemmed from the abduction of a 21-year-old woman immediately before he shot the officer.