CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A retired former police officer exchanged gunfire early Wednesday morning with a carjacker on the city’s West Side.
Chicago Police said a 78-year-old retired Chicago police officer saw his neighbor being carjacked in the 300 block of North Mayfield in the South Austin neighborhood.
It happened around 1:45 a.m. When the retired cop tried to stop the carjacking, police said the thief began shooting. The former officer fired back, and the carjacker drove off in the stolen vehicle, crashing it about a half-mile away.
The carjacker ran from the scene. The retired officer suffered a graze wound to a thumb. His 52-year-old neighbor was not injured.
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