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A man with no criminal history was denied bond Friday after leading

police on a chase Wednesday night on the Northwest Side that

left three cops injured and forced officers to fire shots at him twice.

Miguel

Gonzalez, 24, of the 1000 block of West Balmoral Avenue is charged with

two counts each of attempted murder, aggravated assault of a peace

officer and DUI, and one count each of aggravated fleeing police and

aggravated fleeing police involving bodily injury, police said.

On

Friday, Gonzalez was denied bond and a preliminary hearing was set for

Nov. 3, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra

Simonton said.

The chase began about 8:45 p.m. as Gonzales drove

with a female passenger at Sunnyside and Broadway, court records show.

He was seen running a red light by an officer on bike patrol, who

attempted to curb the vehicle, which instead sped off.

Other

officers caught up to Gonzalez on Lake Shore Drive and again attempted

to curb the car, but he refused to stop and struck an officer at Lake

Shore Drive and Belmont, court records said.

Gonzalez then drove

west on Addison and when officers saw him at Berenice and Melvina, they

attempted to block his vehicle in.

When the car stopped,

officers approached on foot, but the car accelerated, striking one

officer and prompting police to fire shots. That officer suffered a

sprained back and injury to the hip, court records said.

Police

were finally able to stop Gonzalez by driving alongside his vehicle,

causing him to strike a light pole on Marmora. As officers exited their

vehicles to take him into custody, Gonzales again hit the gas, striking

another officer and injuring his leg, court records said.

This

prompted the officers to fire shots again. Gonzalez allegedly then fled

on foot, before being apprehended in the 3900 block of North Marmora, court records

indicated.

Three officers and Gonzalez were taken to an area

hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the police statement said.

No one was hit by gunfire.

Gonzales

was also ticketed for carrying alcohol and driving the wrong way on a

one-way street.