March 11--An off-duty officer fired his weapon at someone driving toward him Thursday morning after the officer found someone vandalizing his car, police said.
The officer saw the man vandalizing a parked car in the 5500 block of North Neenah Avenue in the Union Ridge neighborhood about 5:55 a.m., police said.
When the officer confronted the man, he fled to a waiting car driven by someone who accelerated toward the officer while trying to flee.
The officer fired his weapon at the two but no one was hit. The officer, 45, suffered a leg injury and was taken to Presence Resurrection Medical Center, police said.
