CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are investigating whether a male was wounded when an off-duty police sergeant fired shots during an altercation Sunday evening in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood.
The 19th District sergeant was walking with several friends about 7:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of North Kedzie when a group of people in a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and instigated an argument, according to a statement from Chicago Police. The vehicle then pulled into a nearby business parking lot and turned around toward the sergeant and his friends to continue arguing.
Police said a witness saw a male in the vehicle show a gun, which is when the off-duty sergeant fired shots at the vehicle as it drove away.
A male showed up at Swedish Covenant Hospital shortly after with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Police are investigating whether he was involved in the same shooting, and a weapon was found in the hospital’s parking lot, according to the statement.
The incident is the fourth police-involved shooting so far in 2017.
The officer will be placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days, according to police, and the Independent Police Review Authority will conduct a use of force investigation of the incident.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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