CHICAGO _ A Chicago police officer was shot Thursday evening in the Prairie District neighborhood, authorities said.
One officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, with his condition stabilized, a fire official said. Chicago police transported the officer on their own, not in an ambulance. The shooting took place about 8:15 p.m. local time.
"A Chicago police officer has been shot at 18th and Calumet. Shot in the lower body, no info on condition," said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a Tweet.
The officer was expected to recover after being shot in the leg, sources said.
An attacker may also have been shot, a source said.
Officers were believed to have spotted a man in or near Battle of Fort Dearborn Park and approached him because they suspected he was drinking, and when he was asked to show identification, he instead took out a gun and shot the officer, a source said, citing preliminary information.
Dozens of police officers were outside Northwestern Memorial in the immediate aftermath following the shooting, with a number of them leaving before 9 p.m.
