A man allegedly tried to rob an off-duty Chicago police officer of his car keys Thursday in a South Loop parking garage, but was tackled by the officer who threw the keys in the air to distract him, police say.
Isaias Saucedo-Ugalde, 21, allegedly followed the officer up an elevator to the third floor of a parking garage in the 700 block of South Wabash Avenue, according to Chicago police.
As the officer was about to enter his car at 7 p.m., the man allegedly tucked his hand into his pocket to imply he was armed, police said.
“Give me your f—— keys; I have a gun; I will shoot you,” he allegedly told the officer, according to police.
The officer then threw his keys into the air to distract the man, and made an emergency takedown, police said. The officer held the man at gunpoint on the ground until other officers arrived and arrested Saucedo-Ugalde.
Saucedo-Ugalde did not have a gun on him, but officers did find a 6-inch white tube in his pocket, police said.
The garage is near the Hotel Essex, which has been housing first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Saucedo-Ugalde is charged with a felony count of attempted aggravated robbery indicating he had a firearm, police said. He is due for a bail hearing Friday.
