One person was being questioned after an off-duty officer exchanged gunfire with someone in the Avondale neighborhood late Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The gunfire erupted around 11:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of North Albany Avenue, according to Officer Kevin Quaid, a police spokesman.
No one was injured and one person was being questioned, Quaid said.
Ald. Deb Mell, 33rd, said in a Facebook message to constituents that the officer saw a group of people “committing acts of vandalism.” When he “engaged” them, someone fired a weapon in the direction of the officer.
The group fled and a “heavy police presence” saturated the area, searching for suspects, Mell said.
By 3 p.m., Mell said “authorities have several encouraging leads in this case and are interviewing persons of interest.”
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