CHICAGO - A man has been charged with the attempted murders of two Chicago police officers after allegedly striking one with his car during a chaotic confrontation on Wednesday.

The backstory:

The charges stem from an incident around 5 a.m. in the 5800 block of South Princeton Avenue, when officers monitoring a burglary operation saw several people stealing items from railcars, according to police.

As police approached, 32-year-old Barry Hayes, who was driving an SUV, allegedly struck an officer, prompting officers to fire their guns. The SUV then rammed into a CPD squad car before Hayes was taken into custody and hospitalized with minor crash-related injuries.

Hayes was charged on Friday with the following felonies:

Two counts of attempted first-degree murder

Two counts of crimi

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