POLICE OFFICER SHOT THEN STANDOFF WITH OFFENDER(S) AT 72ND ST AND LOWE AVE, CHICAGO

    TUE OCT 07 2014 ~6:10 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    POLICE OFFICER SHOT/STANDOFF
    72ND ST AND LOWE AVE CHICAGO, IL

    POLICE SURROUNDED A SUBJECT IN AN APARTMENT BELIEVED TO BE WANTED FOR MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS IN INDIANAPOLIS. POSSIBLY 3-4 OFFENDERS EXCHANGING GUNFIRE WITH POLICE NEAR 7204 S LOWE AVE.

    A HIGH-RANKING POLICE OFFICER WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE IN THE HEAD AND CHEST.

    THIRD AMBULANCE STAGED AT 73RD AND UNION AT ABOUT 6:13 PM.

    HUNDREDS OF POLICE AND SWAT ON SCENE, HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD.

    CHICAGO POLICE AUDIO FIRST 21 MINUTES.

    ENGINE(S): E54 E ??

    TRUCK(S): T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC18
    2-2-5

    EMS: A14 FC ?? STANDBY A70

    STAGING: 73RD ST AND LOWE

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