Chicago police officer, teen accidentally shot as police try to disarm teen on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago Police officer and an armed teen were both accidentally shot when a gun discharged as police tried to take it from the teen in Englewood Thursday afternoon.
Police Supt. Larry Snelling said at 12:30 p.m., officers performed an investigatory stop on a 16-year-old boy in the 5600 block of South Shields Avenue, and found the teen had a gun. Officers tried to take the handgun from the waistband in the teen's front, and the gun discharged.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the grown area, and the same bullet struck the officer in the leg—leaving a through-and-through wound, Snelling said.
Sources said the officer was shot was brought to the Universiy of Chicago Medical Center in a squad car. There was a very large police presence outside UChicago Medicine in Hyde Park Thursday afternoon.
The teen was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, according to the Fire Department. Snelling said both the officer and the teen were in good condition.
A Chicago police officer was shot in the hand in the same block in Englewood in July 2023 during a traffic stop.
