A shooting on the city’s South Side left one man shot, while a Chicago police officer was injured during a scuffle with one of the alleged assailants, who was then arrested on Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.
At about 1:40 p.m. a 25-year-old man was near a business in the 8700 block of South State Street when several assailants confronted him and one shot him in the arm, police said.
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The 25-year-old was taken to UChicago Medicine in good condition. As the assailants fled, police responding to the shooting got into a scuffle with a person who was near the scene of the attack, police said.
An officer was taken to a hospital for injuries that were not considered life threatening, while the person who the officer fought with was taken into custody and charges were pending, police said.
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Area detectives were investigating.
