Chicago officer shot during gun battle with bank robbery suspect

CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer was shot by an alleged bank robbery suspect Tuesday in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The officer was wounded during a gun battle with the 32-year-old suspect in the 4300 block of West Irving Park Road, according to police and CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The suspect was wanted by an outside agency and was involved in a vehicle crash.

The officer was hit in the head and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Guglielmi said via Twitter. Guglielmi initially said the officer was grazed. In a later tweet, he said the bullet entered and exited the officer’s skull and that the “injuries are more serious than preliminary diagnosis.” The officer had his condition stabilized.

The suspect fled into a nearby business, and officers with the outside agency exchanged gunfire and fatally shot him, police said.

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the arm and abdomen, and his condition was stabilized at Lurie Children’s Hospital, police said.