Off-duty CPD officer uninjured after shots fired from vehicle following him in BridgeportSun-Times Wireon February 23, 2021 at 9:35 pm

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The 43-year-old was driving west on 31st Street when he saw the vehicles following him, police said.

Police are searching for the occupants of two vehicles that followed an off-duty officer Sunday in Bridgeport and fired shots, but didn’t strike him.

The 43-year-old was driving west on 31st Street about 2 a.m. when he saw the vehicles following him, according to a statement from Chicago police.

When the man made a U-turn in the 3000 block of South Archer Avenue, someone in one of the cars fired shots, damaging the man’s car, police said.

The victim was an off-duty Chicago police officer, according to police sources.

The incident was first reported by the website Crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown.

The two vehicles drove away north on Ashland Avenue, police said. No arrest was made.

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