Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Brian McVey, 38, ex-cop.
“I was in one shooting. This guy jumps out of a stolen car with a gun in his hand. I chased him, screaming, ‘Put the gun down!’ It looked like he was going to shoot, and that’s when I fired the one round. It grazed him. I’m grateful that I didn’t kill him. I just remember thinking, I have to go to the bathroom so bad.
