Stone Park Officer Wounded

Shotgun ambush during a traffic stop:

• A 28-year-old man was charged tonight with shooting a Stone Park police officer with a shotgun from a nearby strip mall as the officer conducted a traffic stop early this morning, police in the west suburban city said.

  Rashaun Carlisle, of Melrose Park, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and unlawful use of a firearm, police said in a statement.

  The police officer, three-year-veteran Robert Vicari, was hit in the face and shoulder, but was not seriously hurt, authorities said. Vicari was back home this afternoon, said Stone Park Mayor Beniamino Mazzulla.

And the Tribune Company should be ashamed and publicly castigated for the comments it's been letting through on this one:

• "Cops should think twice before harrasing people.Suspicious activity my right eye!"
  
  
• "The shooting is payback for police brutality."

There's more if you're in the mood for it. Everyone and their brother should be canceling their subscriptions tomorrow and telling everyone they know to cancel theirs. Evidently, someone left the keys to the BreakingNews site with the bush league editors this weekend.