Man shot by Chicago police on Northwest Side after officer struck by vehicle

A man was shot by Chicago police early Saturday morning after allegedly striking an officer with a van following a fight outside a business in Chicago s Belmont Cragin neighborhood officers disclosed A message from Chicago police stated officers responded at around a m to a call of battery in progress and shots fired near a business in the block of North Central Avenue Agents mentioned an employee of a business alerted police to a large fight outside the establishment in which gunshots had been fired Upon arrival of the officers the employees directed police to the gunman who police disclosed was seen getting inside a red pickup truck Police declared officers approached the pickup truck on foot and ordered the gunman to exit the carriage when authorities announced the suspect accelerated their bus towards the officers striking one Alaska mins ago A -pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours news hours ago As Denmark raises its retirement age to experts weigh in on whether the U S may follow its lead According to government officers then fired their weapons towards the pickup truck as the motorcycle fled the scene The wagon was later located in the block of North Menard Avenue with the gunman detected on the ground near the bicycle with multiple gunshot wounds The gunman a -year-old man whose identity is unknown was transported to Illinois Masonic Therapeutic Center in critical condition A weapon was recovered inside the red pickup truck representatives disclosed It is unknown if the officer struck by the motorcycle was hospitalized The shooting is at this time under probe by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability with the agency advising anyone with information regarding the case to call - The officers involved in the shooting will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum of days according to police