Man charged with trying to kill officer in gold Coast attack

A man accused of trying to kill a Chicago police officer after a Gold Coast shoplifting was denied bail today.
Police say Michael D. Holmes, 20, was part of a group that stole clothes from American Apparel, 46 E. Walton St., in the Gold Coast neighborhood about 6:10 p.m. Nov. 18 and then almost killed an officer while making their escape.
When an officer tried to stop Holmes and the other suspects from fleeing in a car, the getaway vehicle sped toward the officer. The officer, who said he feared for his life, fired his gun but did not hit any of the suspected thieves. The officer wasn't injured.
Holmes' public defender told Judge Edward Harmening that Holmes was a passenger in the car.
Holmes, of the 8400 block of South Exchange Avenue, was arrested after a foot chase last Thursday, 10 days after the crime, prosecutors said. Harmening denied him bail on the count of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. Holmes also faces charges of aggravated assault on an officer and felony theft.