A suspected robber was shot and wounded during a struggle over the weapon of an off-duty Chicago police officer who interrupted an apparent robbery Wednesday afternoon in Brainerd on the South Side.
About 12:55 p.m., the officer interrupted the apparent robbery in front of an apartment building in the 1300 block of West 90th Street and produced a firearm, police said. During a struggle over the weapon, the suspected robber was shot.
