Two Chicago police officers were shot and the suspected shooter was wounded by police Sunday after a traffic stop in Homan Square on the West Side.
The shooting happened at 2:33 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Polk Street, according to Chicago police.
In a news conference outside Stroger Hospital Sunday morning, CPD Supt. David Brown said the officers conducted a traffic stop near Spaulding and Polk and spotted a gun in the vehicle. The officers broke the vehicles windows after the suspect, who appeared to have moved from the front seat to the back seat, refused to get out of the car. A struggle ensued.
During the struggle, the suspect shot one officer in the shoulder and one in the side, Brown said. A third officer returned fire and hit the suspect.
Chicago Fire Department officials said the injured officers were brought to Stroger Hospital by other police officers.
One officer was shot twice and was in serious condition, Dr. Hayden Hollister said at the news conference. He is undergoing surgery Sunday morning. The other officer was shot once and was listed in good condition.
Both officers are men in their early 20s who have been on the job for two years, Brown said. They are part of the department’s summer mobile patrol unit.
The suspect was taken via ambulance to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood in critical condition, but has been stabilized, fire officials said.
Ahern said the suspect’s weapon was recovered at the scene and tweeted a photo of a handgun with an extended magazine.
On Saturday morning, a CPD officer was hit by a stolen vehicle in Hyde Park, authorities said. The officer fired his weapon, but no one was hit.
Earlier this month, another officer was shot while responding to a domestic dispute in Lawndale on the West Side. Anthony Marks was charged with attempted murder for that incident.
Less than a week before that, a detainee who allegedly concealed a gun during transport to a Northwest Side police station opened fire and wounded three officers. Lovelle Jordan, in turn, was shot multiple times at the 25th District police station, 5555 W. Grand Ave., police said. Jordan, 25, faces six counts of attempted murder.
This is a developing story.
