Chicago police officer shot in left hand during traffic stop in Englewood

Chicago police work the scene where a police officer was shot in the 5600 block of South Shields Avenue in Englewood, The officer was struck in the hand and is in “good spirits,” officials said. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A Chicago police officer was shot and wounded during a traffic stop in Englewood Monday evening, authorities said.

The officer was hit in the left hand and was taken by other officers to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where interim Supt. Fred Waller said he was in “good spirits.”