Police say Chicago officers shot and wounded were targeted
CHICAGO — Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded late Tuesday when two vehicles pulled up alongside their car and someone started firing indiscriminately in what authorities believe was a targeted attack.
One officer was shot in the arm and hip and the other in the back, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson visited them at Stroger Hospital and said both were alert and expected to recover.
“We believe that the officers were definitely targeted,” Guglielmi told The Associated Press.
The shooting happened in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood, a high crime area on the city’s South Side.