Police: Off-duty officer shoots man who beat him with baseball bat – Chicago Tribune
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and wounded a man who hit him with a baseball bat late Saturday in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side, authorities said.
About 10:30 p.m., the off-duty officer was walking on Schubert Avenue east of Monitor Avenue when he saw an “aggressive male holding his waistband area,” according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department.
The officer, who was assigned to 19th District, announced his office and was in the middle of conducting a protective pat down when the male, whose exact age was not immediately available, called out to family members. At that point, a 32-year-old man came out of a residence armed with a baseball bat and approached the officer, according to the release.
The 37-year-old officer again identified himself as a Chicago police officer, but the man continued toward him and struck him multiple times in the upper body with the bat, the release said.
The officer then pulled out his service weapon and fired shots, striking the man in the leg and in the abdomen, according to police.
The 32-year-old man was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, said Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Walter Schroeder. He was undergoing a surgery early Sunday, according to the news release.
The officer was taken in fair condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with an injury to his arm, Schroeder said. His injuries were considered to be non-life-threatening, according to the release.
The person whom the officer originally approached for a pat down was taken into custody, police said.
The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police shootings, is still investigating the incident.
No other information was immediately available.
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