Police shot and critically injured a man in River North Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Two officers were also taken to the hospital but were not injured, sources said.
The shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m. on the 0-100 block of East Hubbard St., according to the Chicago Fire Department. Details of what led to the shooting weren’t immediately available.
By 2:50 p.m., police were asking for help clearing pedestrians from the sidewalks around a Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, located at 30 E. Hubbard St., and making a path for three ambulances.
The man and the two officers were all taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a source said.
By 3:30 p.m., traffic was shut down for two blocks to the north and south of the hotel, forcing CTA to reroute its State Street buses in both directions, and officers were advising hotel patrons that they should be prepared to wait to get back into the hotel. Detectives, tactical officers and other CPD personnel clustered on the sidewalk out front of the hotel, while others walked the service alley in the back of the building.
Tim Fakhoury, who said he was the property manager for two buildings adjacent to the back of the hotel, said officers told him the man had been in a 7-Eleven store at the intersection of North State and East Illinois Streets and “went through the back.” Cashiers at the 7-Eleven declined to comment.
The Chicago Office of Police Accountability is investigating the shooting.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.