Police responded around 2 a.m. to a report of shots fired at a car near West Taylor and South Carpenter streets near the UIC library in the city's University Village neighborhood.
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Amardeep Singh, an eyewitness, said he was trying to get to his apartment behind the UIC library when he saw a man swaying back and forth.
"He starts to reach for his leg like he's looking for something so I just wait and look. He falls drunk and a gun falls out of his sock. And I was like, 'Crap!' So I run sideways. He picks up the gun and he reloads it - and I've got to do something - I ran. He shoots right in front - like, bang! He just shoots," Singh said.
Singh ran into a friend's apartment and called 911.
Police said that person shot at the responding officers a few blocks away, in the 800-block of South Miller Street.
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No one was injured. The suspect was taken into custody. A weapon was recovered at the scene.
Investigators searched the scene later Thursday morning for shell casings and other evidence. There is no word yet on a motive.
Police said this is the sixth time someone has fired shots at officers since Sunday, Nov. 27.