CHICAGO – An off-duty Chicago police officer became embroiled in a shootout with a robbery crew that targeted him overnight in Washington Park.
The officer was in the first block of East 57th Street when an armed man confronted him around 1:47 a.m., according to a CPD statement. Within seconds, the robber and at least one accomplice engaged the officer in a shootout, police said, but no injuries were reported.
Witnesses said the robbers, described only as four black men wearing all-black clothing, fled the area in a black SUV.
Investigators found shell casings, live bullets and an ammunition magazine in the area. Bullets flew into a window of a nearby apartment and parked cars were also hit.
As a matter of policy, COPA, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, reviews the officer’s use of force.
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