CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Chicago police officer was shot Wednesday in Lawndale on the West Side, according to preliminary information from Chicago police.
About 3:45 a.m. the officer was in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue when he was shot, police said. The suspected shooter has been taken into custody.
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The male officer was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was stabilized, according to the Chicago fire officials.
Details of the shooting were not made available by police.
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