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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Suspect and ‘innocent bystander’ wounded in shootout with Chicago police in Pilsen

The scene where two people were shot in an exchange of gunfire with Chicago police Friday morning in the 1000 block of West 18th Street. (COPA/Twitter)

A suspect and an “innocent bystander” were wounded in a shootout with Chicago police after officers approached a group of masked people outside a store in Pilsen early Friday morning, authorities said.

When the two officers pulled up in the 1000 block of West 18th Street around 7 a.m. and identified themselves, a gunman in the group of four masked people “immediately” opened fire on them in their squad car, Supt. David Brown told reporters Friday afternoon.

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