Off-duty Chicago police officer exhanges gunfire in West Ridge

An off-duty Chicago Police officer exchanged gunfire with a man in the West Ridge neighborhood early Wednesday on the North Side.

The shooting happened about 1:10 a.m. when an off-duty officer exchanged gunfire with a man in the 2800 block of West Devon Avenue, police said.

Initially, police said nobody was struck but a man later arrived at Swedish Covenant Hospital and told emergency personnel he was shot early Monday near North Mozart Street and West Devon Avenue — about a block west of the police exchange, police said.

Police said early Monday they have not yet confirmed if the man who arrived at the hospital is the person who fired shots at the officer, police said.

Circumstances surrounding the exchange were not immediately available.

Belmont Area detectives and the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings, are investigating.

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