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CHICAGO, IL – A police officer was shot dead Thursday night on Cicero Avenue near the Interstate 55 exit on Chicago's South Side. The filming location is located near Midway International Airport and just off the Cicero exit of Stevenson Expressway. Several police departments reacted to the scene just after 5 pm and closed the area to traffic.
According to a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, it was a policeman from the western suburbs of Cicero, who was shot dead. An ABC-7 television report said it was a woman who was shot and pulled from the scene on a stretcher.
A police officer from Cicero was shot dead during a police investigation in Chicago at I-55 and Cicero Ave. The state of the agent is unknown. Please avoid the area and make way for emergency vehicles as intermittent closures will be in effect. pic.twitter.com/WdCcRpfKZg
– Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) September 13, 2018
Cicero Avenue remains closed in both directions near Stevenson. Motorists who need to get to Midway Airport, a few blocks south of the filming location, should avoid using Cicero to get there.
A report on Twitter by Eric Tendian indicates that the policeman was hit once in the arm and once in the leg.
Officer fired once in the arm and once in the leg, by ISP. To be transported to Sinai, with a very large escort. #ChicagoScanner
– Eric Tendian (@EricTendian) September 13, 2018
The officer was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital. His condition was not immediately known.
#CHICAGO: Watch for major delays around the mount. Sinai Hospital (California / Ogden), because of the transportation of a #Pica police officer who was shot near I-55 / Cicero Avenue. pic.twitter.com/6OxjrdsLVP
– WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) September 13, 2018
This is a story in development. Come back here later for updates.
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