A Chicago police officer was shot in the vest after responding to a domestic disturbance in the Austin neighborhood early Monday morning, authorities said.
The officer was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.
He and other officers responded to the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue about 12:20 a.m. because a man fired a handgun three or four times during a domestic disturbance, police said.
After they arrived, the man returned to the home through the basement and fired a shot at an officer standing at the top of a staircase, police said.
The round hit the officer near his shoulder and was stopped by the officer’s protective vest. He returned fire. No one was struck.
Police chased the man and he was arrested a few blocks away, near the corner of Lake Street and Latrobe Avenue, police said.
Officers recovered a weapon.
Later, in the Englewood neighborhood, police said someone fired shots at officers about 3:35 a.m. near 72nd Street and Emerald Avenue.
No officers were hit and none returned fire. Police found the shell casings on 74th Street, around a corner onto Emerald Avenue, a little more than 45 minutes after the initial burst of gunfire.
No one was injured.
