Chicago police shot a person they said pointed a weapon at officers late Monday in the city's Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.No officers were injured in the shooting that happened just after 9 p.m. near the intersection of Central Park and Lawrence avenues.
Tactical unit officers with the Albany Park police district were conducting missions in the area when they heard gunshots and saw two people fleeing the area, police said in a brief formal statement.
The officers followed the two people, one of whom pulled a weapon, pointing it in the direction of the officers, police said. One of the officers pulled a handgun and opened fire, striking the person.
The wounded person was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. The wounded person's age and gender weren't available.
Police said they recovered the weapon at the scene. Authorities didn't mention criminal charges in the statement.
A spokesman with the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police-involved shootings, confirmed the shooting, but could offer no other details.
