CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A retired Chicago police sergeant was shot and seriously wounded during what may have been an attempted carjacking Monday in the North Center neighborhood.
It happened at about 9 a.m., at Lincoln and Berteau.
The 74-year-old man was getting out of a Jeep Cherokee. Police said two people approached and shots were fired.
He was shot twice in the left arm and has a graze wound to the neck. Police set up a perimeter and searched for the gunmen.
One person was arrested about three hours later. They had been hiding in a business.
The retired sergeant was taken to Illinois Masonic and was initially listed in critical condition.
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