A Chicago police officer was shot in the hand while responding to a report of a gunfight on Saturday morning, making her the third police officer shot just this week in the city.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said the policeman was “in a good mood, but in a lot of pain”.
After the policeman was shot, the police exchanged shots with someone shooting from the window on the first floor of a nearby house. A SWAT team established a perimeter and the negotiators were able to get the man out of the house and into custody without further incident.
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Another police officer involved in the incident had chest pains and was treated at a local hospital.
Earlier this week, an off-duty Chicago police officer was shot in the lower torso during a suspected car theft. The four-year-old veteran has undergone surgery and is now well.
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Less than 24 hours earlier, on Sunday, a police sergeant was hit by a bullet while in a parking lot. He was treated at a local hospital for an injury to his chin and was discharged.
Brown noted that this was the 16th Chicago police officer who was shot or shot this year, after 79 police officers who were shot or shot in the city last year.