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Chicago cops return fire after person shoots at officers in Loop: police

Updated  August 10, 2020 7:14am CDT
Crime and Public Safety
Sun-Times Media Wire

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CHICAGO - Chicago police officers exchanged gunfire with someone Monday morning in the Loop.

Someone fired at police and officers returned fire near Michigan Avenue and Lake Street, according to a tweet from Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern. No officers were injured.

The incident happened shortly before 4 a.m. and no one was hit by gunfire, according to Civilian Office of Police Accountability spokesman Ephraim Eaddy. COPA will investigate the shooting.

Chicago cops return fire after person shoots at officers in Loop: police

FOX 32's Brittany Garzillo reports live from downtown.

The incident happened as police responded to widespread looting and property damage downtown.

A day earlier, a person was shot by police and taken into custody after allegedly firing at officers in Englewood.