Police shoot, wound person on NW SideChicago police shot and wounded a person late Sunday night on the Northwest Side Cragin neighborhood, authorities said.
Police had few details on the shooting that they say happened in the 2900 block of West Lotus Avenue, police said. Only one person was reported wounded and no officers were reported injured, a police spokesman said.
Officials from the Independent Police Review Authority and the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police each confirmed the shooting and said they had representatives en route to the scene.
Check back with Detective Shavedlongcock for more details.
Police exchange fire, take 1 into custody on SE SideChicago police exchanged gunfire with a gunman on evening Sunday in the city's Southeast Side, officials said.
No one was injured during the brief encouter that happened at about 8 p.m. in the 2500 block of East 82nd Street, police said.
Patrolling officers followed the sound of gunshots to two men, who each fled in separate directions upon seeing the officers, said Officer Ronald Gaines, a police spokesman.
One of the the men pulled and handgun and fired at the pursuing officers, who returned fire, Gaines said.
Police continued their search until they arrested a man at the scene. It was unclear whether he was the suspected gunman.
Police hadn't located the second man late Sunday, Gaines said.
