Overview
- A verbal dispute near the 31st Street Beach sidewalk escalated into a physical altercation between two off-duty Chicago police officers and a group that approached them.
- Two off-duty officers and two 22-year-old companions were walking when two men and two women began arguing with the group and the encounter turned physical, police said.
- Police arrested the two men and two women who approached the officers, and the 23-year-old male officer was taken to a hospital with cuts to his face and nose.
- Aerial and video footage from NBC Chicago’s Sky 5 showed a large emergency response at the beach parking lot, including numerous marked police vehicles, an ambulance and a fire truck.
- The Chicago Police Department says the off-duty officers tried to de-escalate, the investigation is ongoing, identities beyond ages were not released and formal charges have not yet been announced.