Man Shot, Officer Injured in Chicago Police Facility Incident

Man Shot, Officer Injured in Chicago Police Facility Incident
Officers set up crime tape outside a Chicago Police Department building in Homan Square in Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 26, 2022. Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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CHICAGO—A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police facility Monday while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise and grabbed at least two guns before he was shot and wounded by police, the chief said.

Police Superintendent David Brown said the suspect was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. One officer was taken to the hospital with a sprained ankle.