An off-duty Chicago police officer managed to avoid being hit by gunfire in the Chatham neighborhood early this morning but a friend with him was hit, police said.
The two were outside a residence in the 7500 block of South Wabash Avenue about 2:20 a.m. when a gunman opened fire on the pair, said Police Officer Amina Greer, citing preliminary information.
The officer returned fire but missed, Greer said.
It was not clear if the site of the shooting was the officer's home.
No one is saying if the assailant knew he was shooting at an officer or if it was just a random ambush in that neck of the woods.