Breaking News : Chicago cop shot outside West Side police station, another officer also injured

Chicago : Cop shot around 9:40 a.m. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood

A Chicago police officer was shot Thursday morning outside a police station on the city’s West Side, authorities said.

An officer and a suspect were injured in the shooting around 9:40 a.m. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood outside the 25th District police station, police said on Twitter.

The officer was rushed to Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment, police spokesman Tom Ahern wrote on Twitter. The officer’s condition was not immediately known.

Police involved shooting at 25th District with hits to Chicago Police officer & offender. Officer en route to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Reports of another officer who sustained injuries and en route to Loyola Hospital. Media staging at Masonic.

— Chicago Police Communications & News Affairs (@CPD_Media) July 30, 2020

Police said a second officer may have been injured and was taken to Loyola Hospital.

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CPD officer has been shot and transported to Illinois Masonic. Details to follow #ChicagoPolice pic.twitter.com/WYNMinifSp

— Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) July 30, 2020

No further information was immediately available.