BREAKING: A U.S. marshal and his K-9 dog were hit by gunfire during a shootout between police and two gunmen on Chicago's Northwest Side Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
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officer returned fire but did not strike the two suspects, who were arrested, police said in a statement. One of those suspects opened fire at the police around 1:20 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Belmont Avenue as the U.S. marshal was serving a warrant, police said. The marshal rushed the wounded K-9 to the MedVet Chicago clinic about 3 miles east near Belmont and California avenues, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.The marshal, from the Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force, then realized he had been shot in his hand and an ambulance was called, but he declined to be taken to a hospital, Langford said. The dog’s condition was not released.A U.S.
The officer who opened fire was placed on routine 30-day desk duty while the Civilian Office of Police Accountability investigates the use of force, police said.
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