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Person arrested after firing shot at Chicago police officers in Englewood

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A person was arrested after firing a shot at Chicago police officers Tuesday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood.

Police said, around 2:45 p.m., officers responded to a call of a suspicious person near 61st and Wood streets, and when they arrived, they spotted a person matching the suspect's description, and approached them for questioning.

The person pulled out a handgun and fired a shot at police, then ran off.

Officers later arrested the suspect near 61st and Honore, and recovered a gun at the scene.

Police said no officers fired their weapons during the incident.

Area 1 detectives were investigating.

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