COPA Releases Video Of Shootout Between Off-Duty CPD Officer And Catalytic Converter Thieves

Chicago IL

02 June, 2022

6:06 PM

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By CBS Chicago Staff: The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video footage of a shootout between an off-duty Chicago Police officer and a group of people trying to steal a catalytic converter in the Norwood Park neighborhood in April. Police have said, around 5:45 a.m. on April 28, an off-duty officer saw a group of people trying to steal a catalytic converter from a vehicle in the 6500 block of West Imlay Street, and when he identified himself to the thieves, "an exchange of gunfire occurred between one of the offenders and the off-duty officer." Read more at CBS Chicago