CPD officer’s gun goes off in Near West Side police station

Chicago police said no one was injured when an officer’s gun unintentionally went off in a police station in the Near West Side Tuesday morning.

CPD said that at about 11:40 a.m., an on-duty officer was handling a firearm at the 12th District station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue when the gun went off.

The officer did not mean to fire his gun. No one was struck and no injuries were reported, CPD said…

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