Chicago police said that just before 2 a.m., the officer was confronted by an armed person in the 100 block of East 57th Street, and the two exchanged gunfire.

An off-duty Chicago police officer exchanged gunfire with armed offenders overnight in the Washington Park neighborhood on the city’s South Side, police say. According to police, the off-duty officer was confronted by an armed offender around 1:45 a.

Officers with the Champaign Police Department responded to reports of shots fired on Sunday night. They were dispatched to the 1100 block of North Third Street around 7:45 p.m. When officers arrived on the scene,