Chicago shooting: Off-duty suburban police officer's car shot at after being rear-ended on Dan Ryan Expressway ramp

ByABC 7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Monday, January 18, 2021
Off-duty suburban police officer's car shot at on South Side
An off-duty police officer is doing OK after someone shot at his vehicle on the South Side Sunday night.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An off-duty suburban police officer's car was shot at after a traffic dispute on Chicago's South Side Sunday night, police said.

Police said the 52-year-old officer was involved in a traffic dispute at a stoplight in the 1000-block of West 87th Street at about 10:37 p.m. after being bumped by a red Kia Sorrento on a Dan Ryan Expressway ramp.

Three people were in the Sorrento when one of them fired shots at the officer's vehicle, hitting the rear window, police said.

The officer was not injured and did not return fire, police said.

Area Two detectives are investigating and no one is in custody.