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CHICAGO (CBS) — One officer was hit by a car, and another was shot in the pinky finger, during a traffic stop on the city’s West Side Monday night.
The incident happened at Polk Street and Sacramento Boulevard in the North Lawndale community, police said.
Police Supt. David Brown said officers were pulling over a car, which did stop. As the driver stopped, officers got out to talk to the two men inside, Brown said.
But almost immediately, the driver rammed one of the officers and pinned the officer between the suspects’ car and the squad car, Brown said. The officer suffered a leg injury when his ankle was pinned, Brown said.
There was also an exchange of gunfire. The suspects fired first and an officer returned fire, police said.
An officer was struck by gunfire in the pinky finger, while one of the two suspects was also shot. The other suspect was taken into custody.
The officers were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County with non-life-threatening injuries.
Brown emphasized the danger associated with police work Monday night.
“There’s been a 500 percent increase over the past two years of officers shot at or shot,” Brown said. “It is the most dangerous time to be the police in the country.”
The first swearing-in of police recruits for the year will take place Tuesday.
Source: ChicagoCBS
