Authorities say a Chicago plainclothes police officer was shot in the head and critically injured while investigating reports of shots being fired on the city’s South Side.
Authorities say a Chicago plainclothes police officer was shot in the head and critically injured while investigating reports of shots being fired on the city’s South Side. Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Henry says the shooting occurred shortly after midnight Monday in the 6000 block of South Hermitage Avenue in the city’s West Englewood neighborhood. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the wounded officer was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. Police later said the officer was in surgery early Monday. Police Supt. Jody Weis (WEES) held a brief news conference about the shooting early Monday but declined to release the officer’s name. The department said the wounded man was 27 years old and had been on the force for three years. ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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