Overview
- Officers responding to a 'person with a gun' call Monday around 10:35 p.m. encountered a man in South Chicago and an exchange of gunfire followed.
- Police say both officers fired and struck the man, who was taken into custody and listed in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
- According to CPD, officers tried an investigatory stop and told the man to keep his hands visible before shots were fired.
- Police recovered a firearm at the scene, and the two officers reported no gunshot wounds and were evaluated at hospitals for observation.
- COPA, the city’s police watchdog, is investigating the shooting with CPD cooperation, and the involved officers have been reassigned to routine administrative duties for at least 30 days.