Charges filed in weekend shooting in Rogers Park that included exchange of gunfire with police

A man from the Far South Side now faces a half dozen counts of attempted murder and several other felonies after he allegedly shot another man Saturday morning before engaging in a minutes-long shootout with Chicago police officers on the North Side.

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was charged with six counts of attempted murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated battery in connection with the shooting in the 2600 block of West Farwell in the West Rogers Park neighborhood, according to CPD. Abdallahi is expected to make his first appearance in Cook County court Tuesday.

Around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, a 39-year-old man was in the 2600 block of West Farwell when another man approached from behind and shot him in the shoulder, police previously said. Neighbors came to the aid of the wounded man while the shooter remained in the area.

Shortly before 10 a.m., after police arrived at the scene, the shooter emerged from an alley and opened fire on officers, CPD’s deputy chief of detectives, Kevin Bruno, told reporters over the weekend. For the next two and a half minutes, Bruno said, the man popped out of various locations, exchanging shots with officers. No officers were injured, but a Chicago Fire Department ambulance was struck by the gunfire.

CPD officers returned fire, striking the man and critically wounding him, police said. The suspect remained at Ascension Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston in critical condition as of Monday.

The 39-year-old man was treated and later released from the hospital.