UPDATE: Off duty police officer was shot in the face during a road rage altercation with a gunman. Her injuries are not life-threatening.
-- An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot in the face during a road rage incident in Irving Park East Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place around 3:10 p.m. near the intersection of Addison Street and Elston Avenue, according to CPD Superintendent David Brown. There was a heavy police presence in the 3600 block of North Elston Avenue near a Jiffy Lube Tuesday afternoon.He said the shots came from an unknown suspect in a Black SUV. The suspect got away and no one is in custody. Police do have a potential license plate number but Brown declined to release that number talking to news media a little after 4 p.m.
The off-duty officer was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital. Brown said he spoke to the officer and she"apparently" did not lose consciousness.He added the officer was a probationary police officer, meaning she was newly hired.
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