A man was taken into custody early Thursday morning after authorities say he fired shots at Chicago police officers in the city’s University Village neighborhood.
Chicago police were initially called to the 800 block of South Miller, the University of Illinois-Chicago campus, around 2 a.m. to respond a report of a person with a gun.
While officers were investigating the area someone in the vicinity opened fire, police said.
The gun was shot towards the officers, but no one was injured, according to police.
Police said the suspect was detained and a weapon was recovered.
One witness told NBC 5 he saw the shooter, who he says appeared to be intoxicated. He said he saw the suspect fall down before a gun fell out of his sock. The man then fired at least one gunshot, the witness said.
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The university sent out an alert to students following the incident, which marks the seventh time shots have been fired at Chicago police in the 12 says since Thanksgiving.
Area Central detectives are investigating the shooting. Further information was not immediately made available.
