A man was injured in a shooting in the Austin neighborhood early Saturday morning near a car with off-duty cops inside, according to Chicago police.
The man, 26, was inside a parked vehicle in the 1000 block of South Mayfield Avenue with four other people, including two off-duty Chicago police officers. When he exited the car just before 1:30 a.m., a gunman in another vehicle shot him, police said.
Someone inside the car fired back at the gunman, who then fled, police said. The off-duty officers and two other passengers took the man to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in serious condition. No other injuries were reported.
Police didn’t provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the police Investigative Response Team are investigating it. No one is in custody, police said.
