(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A police officer in southwest suburban Bolingbrook was released from the hospital Tuesday as the suspect accused of shooting him was formally charged.
The unidentified officer, a three-year veteran of the Bolingbrook Police Department, left the hospital around 4 p.m. and will continue his recovery at home, officials announced.
The police officer was shot Sunday evening after he tracked down a 24-year-old man who was suspected of reported crimes at a business in the 100 block of South Bolingbrook Drive earlier in the day.
The officer was shot twice and hospitalized, and the suspect reportedly held off police temporarily during a standoff on Briarcliff Road.
On Tuesday, officials said Victor Zarate was charged with two counts of attempted murder; two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm. He was being held on $5 million bond at the Will County jail, according to a news release.
Additional information was not immediately available. The Illinois State Police was investigating the incident.
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