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Off-duty Chicago cop shot in the back during altercation in Beverly: officials

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Updated  July 9, 2022 1:31pm CDT
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CHICAGO - An off-duty Chicago cop was shot during a verbal altercation in Beverly early Saturday.

The incident occurred near a bar in the 2400 block of West 104th Street, police said.

At about 2:30 a.m., the 31-year-old man was in a verbal altercation with an unknown male suspect, police said.

Multiple shots were fired, and the off-duty cop was struck in the back.

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The officer was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in fair condition.

No suspect is currently in custody.

Area Two detectives were investigating.