CPD says an off-duty police officer opens fire after being punched in the face

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Oct 4, 20260:54News & Politics

Chicago police say the off duty officer shot a man twice after he approached the cop's vehicle and struck him in the face in the City's Little Village neighborhood near 24th and Rockwell.

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