Video shows shootout involving off-duty CPD officer in Norwood Park, COPA says

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Friday, June 3, 2022
Video shows shootout involving off-duty CPD officer on Far NW Side
Video shows an off-duty Chicago police officer exchanging gunfire with catalytic converter theft suspects in the 6500-block of W. Imlay, COPA said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New video of a Norwood Park shoot-out involving an off-duty Chicago police officer was released Thursday by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.



Police say the officer saw some men trying to steal a catalytic converter in the 6500-block of W. Imlay on the city's Far Northwest Side on April 28, 2022.



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When he identified himself as an officer, one of the suspects shot at him. The officer briefly took cover, then returned fire.



The suspects got away in a white car. The officer, who was on foot, was not hurt.

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