Officer shoots, wounds man following Chicago traffic stop
Posted February 26, 2018 6:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a police officer shot and wounded a man who fled from a traffic stop in Chicago.
A police statement says officers were conducting a narcotics investigation Sunday night when they stopped a vehicle on the city's South Side. Police say they ordered a man out of the vehicle, but he pushed an officer and fled. Police say he was shot following a brief foot chase.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in serious but stable condition. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation.
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