CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Ariel Roman, the man shot at the CTA Grand Red Line station by a Chicago police officer Friday, will not face criminal charges as he continues recovery at Northwestern Hospital, according to his attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez.
Schmidt Rodriguez told WBBM that the Roman family is pleased with the State Attorney’s Office and the Chicago Police’s Department’s decision to dismiss all charges.
She said Roman, who faced resisting arrest and criminal narcotics charges, is now out of critical condition but still hospitalized. He is surrounded by his family.
Earlier Sunday afternoon, Chicago Police Interim Supt. Charlie Beck asked Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to drop those charges against the 33-year-old man.
Roman was shot twice by a Chicago police officer around 4 p.m. Friday inside the Grand Red Line station. Chicago Police Deputy Supt. Barabara West said the officers were attempting to take him into custody after they had observed him illegally moving between train cars.