Off-Duty Cop Robbed By Armed Man At 101st And Bell, Shots Fired

CHICAGO, IL - A man with a handgun attempted to rob an off-duty Chicago police officer Friday night in Beverly. The officer responded by firing shots at the offender, who fled. A significant amount of police activity began after 7 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Bell, where police say the attempted armed robbery and shots fired incident took place.

Police continue to search for the offender late Friday night, described only as a black man who approached the off-duty officer and demanded money. Information shared between police dispatch workers and police officers indicate a man, possibly the offender, asked a woman for a ride at the Shell gas station at 100th and Western minutes after the armed robbery.

The incident first unfolded on Bell around 7:05 p.m., with the attempted carjacking at Shell taking place at about 7:29 p.m., according to a social media post from the Mt. Greenwood Watch neighborhood page. At least one helicopter hovered over the area for more than an hour, neighbors at the scene said.

Law enforcement has responded in numbers to both the block where the attempted armed robbery occurred and the gas station. A business owner reportedly saw the offender heading northwest toward the Plaza parking lot in Evergreen Park. Evergreen Park police assisted CPD units in the manhunt for the offender, 19th Ward Ald. Matt O'Shea said in an email to residents Friday night.

O'Shea said Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson assured him that additional resources will be sent to the 22nd District as a result of Friday night's incidents and other recent armed robberies in the neighborhood.

No one was in custody in connection with the incident as of late Friday night.

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