Two Chicago police officers were shot on the city's West Side while picking up food Friday morning, police said.
CHICAGO -- Two Chicago police officers were wounded in a shooting while picking up food on the West Side Friday morning and one suspect is in custody, police said.
Superintendent Brown said one officer was in line while the suspect was in line ahead of him when a gun fell out of the suspect's waistband. Brown said the officer noticed the gun and the suspect then picked it up and fired at the officer.CPD Superintendent David Brown gives an update on the shooting of two officers at a West Side food stand Friday morning.
An officer working undercover near the scene heard the shots saw the suspect, Brown said. The undercover officer and other officers pursued the suspect and took him into custody a few blocks away, police said. "Police did not fire any shots they were really ambushed," Brown said."When the offender dropped the gun, before they could react, he began shooting."Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown gives an update on the conditions of two Chicago police officers shot on the West Side Friday morning.
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