A Chicago police officer was struck by a CPD car responding to a pursuit Thursday in Lawndale on the West Side.
According to preliminary data, officers had been monitoring a funeral once they tried to have interaction an armed individual, CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi mentioned.
As police responded, the officer was on foot when he was struck by an CPD car, Guglielmi mentioned. The officer was transported to a hospital in good situation, he mentioned.
A police spokeswoman initially mentioned the struck officer was pursing a suspect who tossed a gun out a automotive’s window when the officer was struck close to intersection of Ogden and Drake avenues.
The seek for the gun suspect is ongoing, Guglielmi mentioned.
Preliminarily, officers had been monitoring a funeral once they tried to have interaction an armed individual. As models had been responding, a CPD car struck an officer on foot and he was transported to an space hospital in good situation. A seek for offender is ongoing.
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) October 10, 2019
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