Off-duty Chicago officer shoots man amid exchange of gunfire

CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and critically wounded a man during an exchange of gunfire after the man tried to rob him on the city's South Side, police said.

The man approached the officer about 5:45 p.m. Monday in the Calumet Heights neighborhood and tried the rob the officer, said Tom Ahern, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department.

The two exchanged gunfire and the man was hit, Ahern said. Fire officials said he was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The officer was not injured, and a weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.

Police did not immediately released additional details on the shooting, which is being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Ahern said the officer will be placed on administrative duties for 30 days, a routine step following police-involved shootings.