Off-duty CPD officer was heading to work when shots fired in attempted robbery in Morgan Park

An off-duty CPD police officer was involved in a South Side shooting during a robbery attempt, according to authorities.

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The shooting happened around 5:34 a.m. in the 10800 block of Campbell Avenue in Beverly.

The officer - who has not been identified- was getting in his car near 109th and Campbell to head to work when a group of suspects approached with guns, according to Alderman Matt O'Shea.

"Luckily the off-duty police officer, a neighbor and a friend, is okay," O'Shea said. "But this is just another reminder - I don't care what neighborhood you live in...we are in a very safe neighborhood. This type of crime is becoming more and more prevalent."

Neighbors said they heard the gunshots on the early Tuesday morning.

"It amazes me how people just stop cars and shoot. I just don't understand it," neighbor Pat Poynton said.

"It was something I've never heard before," Mary Sheridan, who lives nearby said. "Maybe on TV gunfire but never in person."

Sheridan said she saw the suspect's car speeding away after the shooting, east down 109th.

The suspect's dark-colored sedan was found shot out, as Chopper 7 shows, about a mile away on 112th.

Chicago police said they took one person into custody, but are searching for others.

No injuries were reported.

But the exchange of gunfire in their neighborhood- which is filled with police officers and firefighters - worries nearby residents.

"This could've been a nurse headed to the hospital, this could've been a teenager, heading out to a summer job," O'Shea added.

"I'm nervous about that. Just like the girl that came out next-door to me, she leaves her work at that time every day," Sheridan said. "She was just going to work too. People getting up going to work and that's what that guy was doing. So we're all going to be on guard now I guess which is too bad."

Police are asking neighbors to check their cameras for any video of the suspects.

O'Shea said he believes it was the same group of suspects who may have been involved in several other crimes overnight across the district.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, also known as COPA, is investigating the shooting.

The officer involved was placed on routine administrative duties for at least 30 days.

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