Police: 3 Undercover Officers Shot, Wounded in Chicago

Police: 3 Undercover Officers Shot, Wounded in Chicago
Law enforcement officers investigate the crime scene near the border between the Morgan Park and West Pullman neighborhoods in Chicago, Ill., on July 7, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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CHICAGO—Three undercover law enforcement officers were shot and wounded Wednesday morning while driving onto an expressway on Chicago’s South Side, police said.

The shooting occurred at 5:50 a.m. near the 22nd District police station in the city’s Morgan Park neighborhood. The three were in an unmarked undercover vehicle on their way to an assignment when they were shot, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown told reporters.