Two on-duty Chicago Police officers have been shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday night on the city's South Side.
It happened about 9 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Ashland Avenue.
One officer was shot in the back and the other was shot in the arm and hip, during “an encounter,’’ according to Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. They were in serious, but stable condition, according to Guglielmi.
Both Deering District tactical team officers were taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County where their conditions are not thought to be life-threatening, police said.
A “manhunt’’ is underway, Guglielmi said.
The attack occurred after the officers saw someone inside a silver van shooting at another vehicle, according to preliminary information from police.
A vehicle believed to have been used by the offenders was found near 37th street and Racine Avenue and either a rifle or shotgun was also recovered near the scene, according to a source citing preliminary information.
A plethora of Chicago police vehicles sped to 43rd Street and Ashland Avenue after the shooting.
As an ambulance was seen leaving the scene, a number of officers directed traffic several blocks away from the center of the apparent investigation, due east of an archway that read Stockyard Industrial Park where a fire truck and another Chicago Fire Department vehicle were parked.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson was headed to the hospital.
It happened about 9 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Ashland Avenue.
One officer was shot in the back and the other was shot in the arm and hip, during “an encounter,’’ according to Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. They were in serious, but stable condition, according to Guglielmi.
Both Deering District tactical team officers were taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County where their conditions are not thought to be life-threatening, police said.
A “manhunt’’ is underway, Guglielmi said.
The attack occurred after the officers saw someone inside a silver van shooting at another vehicle, according to preliminary information from police.
A vehicle believed to have been used by the offenders was found near 37th street and Racine Avenue and either a rifle or shotgun was also recovered near the scene, according to a source citing preliminary information.
A plethora of Chicago police vehicles sped to 43rd Street and Ashland Avenue after the shooting.
As an ambulance was seen leaving the scene, a number of officers directed traffic several blocks away from the center of the apparent investigation, due east of an archway that read Stockyard Industrial Park where a fire truck and another Chicago Fire Department vehicle were parked.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson was headed to the hospital.