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CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago police officers were shot Sunday morning, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern.
It happened in the 1500 block of South Lawndale about 7:19 a.m. as officers responded to an alert of shots fired. As the arrived they saw an armed suspect in an alley who began shooting that the officers, police Supt. David Brown said at a news conference. A suspect was also shot, police said.
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One officer was shot in the hand and the other in the upper body, Brown said. The officers were sent to Mt. Sinai Hospital for treatment.
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One officer was listed in critical condition and the other in stable condition. The suspect condition was not known but was stablized at Stroger, police said.
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