CPD: Officer Shoots Person In 'Armed Encounter' In Englewood
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A person was shot by a Chicago Police officer Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
About 10 a.m., officers on patrol near 59th Place and Princeton pulled over with stolen license plates, according to Mia Sissac, a spokeswoman for the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates Chicago officers' use of force.
Three people got out of the car and ran before "engaging" the officers, Sissac said. One of them "confronted an officer with a weapon," according to a CPD statement.
One officer opened fire, hitting the person multiple times, Sissac said. He was hit in the "lower extremities," CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital. His age and condition were not immediately known.
The other two people were arrested, and two guns were recovered, authorities said.
The officers involved in the shooting will be put on desk duty for 30 days per CPD policy. IPRA was investigating the scene Sunday afternoon.
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