CHICAGO (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — An off-duty Chicago Police officer fired shots at three suspects who ordered the officer out of a vehicle at gunpoint early Thursday in an attempted armed robbery on the South Side.
Police fired shots in the 5600 block of South Green Street about 1:30 a.m., according to News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines, who said no one was struck.
A police source said the off-duty officer was inside a parked vehicle at 5627 S. Green St. when three suspects — at least one armed — approached the vehicle and ordered the officer out.
The officer announced his position with the Chicago Police while exiting the vehicle and fired shots at the suspects, who fled, according to the source.
There were other people in the vehicle with the officer, according to the source.
The incident is being investigated as an attempted armed robbery by Wentworth Area detectives, News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
The Independent Police Review Authority is also investigating, spokesman Curtis Tarver said.
Mirabelli said not one was in custody as of 9 a.m.
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