2 in custody after beating Chicago police officers with stick

Two Chicago police officers were hospitalized following an incident in Little Village early Saturday. 

Officers were in the 2500 block of South Homan Avenue at about 1 a.m. when an offender began attacking them.

As officers tried to restrain the offender, another person intervened and struck one of them with a "heavy wooden stick." 

The officers were taken to an area hospital in good condition.

Two offenders were arrested and charges are pending. 

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