Police evidence technicians check around an SUV in a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Two Chicago police officers were shot Friday evening in the South Shore neighborhood, authorities said.
The two officers were shot around 5 p.m. near East 79th Street and South Chappel Avenue and transported to University of Chicago Medical Center, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Merritt. A civilian was also taken to the hospital, he said.
Their conditions weren’t immediately released.
Police evidence technicians check around an SUV in a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Police detectives walk in the 2000 block of East 79th Street near a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A woman and two children sit on a fence curb near a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A police detective moves crimes scene tape to get his SUV through in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, near the scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A police SUV crosses crime scene tape in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, near the scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Police gather outside UChicago Medicine after two Chicago police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street in Chicago, July 3, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
Police evidence technicians check around an SUV in a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Police gather outside UChicago Medicine after two Chicago police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street on July 3, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
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Police evidence technicians check around an SUV in a crime scene where two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in the 2000 block of East 79th Street, July 3, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
While the circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately clear, a police source with knowledge of the investigation indicated that shots were exchanged after a traffic stop. One officer was hit in the vest and the other in the arm, the source said.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability confirmed it’s investigating an officer-involved shooting near 2000 East 79th Street.
