Alphanso Tally who is from Chicago is facing charges of murder and attempted murder after an escape attempt from a hospital ended with a dead police officer
According to police reports Alphanso Tally had been arrested for armed robbery and was brought to Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital where he somehow got his hands on his gun and attempted to blast his way out of the hospital
During his violent escape attempt he would fatally shoot one officer and shot a second officer. Alphanso Tally would make his way out of the hospital however he would be arrested when he was located at a home several blocks from the hospital by Chicago SWAT
Alphanso Tally is now facing charges of first-degree and attempted murder plus an assortment of other felonies
The Chicago Police Department have not released the names of the two Officers
Alphanso Tally News
A Chicago man faces 20 felony charges after authorities say he shot and killed a police officer and critically wounded another while being escorted through a local hospital over the weekend.
Alphanso Tally, 26, was initially arrested in connection with an armed robbery on Saturday, according to the Chicago Police Department. Officers transported him to the Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital for treatment where, authorities say, Tally obtained a weapon and began firing.
He now faces numerous felony counts, including first-degree and attempted murder. It is unclear whether Tally has retained a lawyer.
“Though this does not bring solace to this tragedy, it does bring the first step in accountability,” Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Monday in a statement.
“This shooting was a stark and heartbreaking reminder of the dangers our officers face all too often on this job.”
The incident began when Tally was brought into the emergency department for treatment, according to the hospital. He was screened with a metal detection wand when he arrived and accompanied by law enforcement, a hospital spokesperson said.
Asked how the suspect obtained a firearm, the superintendent said, “I can’t get too deep into it.”
Tally fled, police said, and later entered a private home several blocks away, according to CNN affiliate WBBM.
Police and SWAT teams quickly surrounded the house and the suspect was taken into custody, according to WBBM. A “third weapon” was also recovered, Snelling said.
The officers were transferred to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center a few miles away, where one was pronounced dead and the other is “fighting for his life,” Snelling said.
Authorities have not publicly identified the two officers. The officer killed was 38 and had spent 10 years with the department, while the officer injured is 57 and has spent 21 years with the department, according to the superintendent.
Snelling decried “the senseless loss of life of an officer who is out attempting to protect the city.”
“These are the dangers of policing,” he said. “These officers know it, they understand it, but they still go out and they do it.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called the shooting a tragedy and thanked Chicago police officers “for showing up every single day for the people of this city.”
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Alphanso Tally More News
ABC7 is learning new details about Alphanso Talley’s lengthy criminal history on Monday, and because of his background, some elected officials are sounding the alarm about how judges are using electronic monitoring for defendants who pose a danger to the public.
Tally, 26, has racked up more than half a dozen felonies since 2017. Before he alleged murdered one Chicago police officer and gravely wounded another on Saturday, he had an arrest warrant pending for escaping from electronic monitoring. Critics are calling the system broken and in need of immediate changes.
Alphanso Tally appeared in court on Monday to face a litany of felonies, including murder and attempted murder, stemming from the shooting of two CPD officers at Swedish Covenant Hospital on Saturday morning. Officer John Bartholomew died from his injuries.
“We should not be here today. This is a consequence of a failed system,” said Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.
A number of elected officials joined police union representatives and others at Talley’s court hearing. Afterwards, they called for more accountability for judges who let violent criminals out on electronic monitoring.
“It should end right now, absolutely, and now hold them accountable in there. You guys need to be held accountable. I’m held accountable every single day. They’re held accountable by just getting out of the car answering a call. Something needs to be done, and something needs to change today,” said 41st Ward Ald. Anthony Napolitano.
Alphanso Tally’s arrest record includes two robberies in 2017, including one where he was charged with using a handgun.
In 2022, he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In 2024, he was charged with another felony after attacking a Cook County correctional officer.
In 2025, he was arrested for carjacking a woman at gunpoint.
Judge John Lyke, who handled the case, agreed to let Talley out on electronic monitoring, so he could go to college. When his monitoring device died because Alphanso Tally did not charge it, Lyke issued an arrest warrant on March 11, but there is no record of anything being done to follow up.
The warrant was still active on Saturday, when Alphanso Tally allegedly robbed a Family Dollar store in Albany Park, which, later that morning, led to hospital shooting that killed Officer John Bartholemew and left his partner critically wounded.
“Officer Bartholomew would be alive today if his massively repeat offender of violent crime after violent crime were behind bars where he belonged, instead of free to roam our streets and caused the mayhem that he did in a hospital,” Mendoza said.
“Our attention is going nowhere until we get the change that we need, and if that means we have to clear out this building of every judge who will not listen, then I say, vote no on retention. Push them all out. Eventually, they will get the message that they are held accountable,” said 15th Ward Ald. Ray Lopez.
