An Oak Park police officer was shot and critically wounded while responding to a scene in the Chicago suburb Friday morning, officials said.
According to a spokesperson for the village, firefighters responded to a call of shots fired just after 9:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Lake Street. There, they found an Oak Park officer with a gunshot wound to the left side.
The officer was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.
Authorities said someone was seen leaving a bank in the area with a gun shortly before the shooting, prompting the officer to respond to the scene.
Details on what happened next and how the officer was shot weren’t immediately released.
The person seen leaving the bank was also shot in the leg, but authorities did not say if that person was shot by police.
An investigation remained ongoing, officials said.
Check back for more on this developing story.