CHICAGO — The agency charged with investigating firearm use by Chicago police officers has released surveillance videos and other materials related to an incident in November when an off-duty cop exchanged shots with two gunmen in the Loop.
At about 3:46 a.m. on November 16, an off-duty officer called 911 to report that someone in a red Nissan had shot at her car when she came upon a robbery in progress at the corner of Polk and Federal, according to a CPD media statement. The department said the 25-year-old officer returned fire, but no injuries were reported.
COPA, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, confirms most of those details in a new statement based on its preliminary findings. However, the agency said the officer “observed individuals with firearms approaching a pedestrian,” but it does not say a robbery was in progress. Other individuals were robbed that morning while walking in the downtown area…