SWAT responds after gunman shoots at police in East Garfield Park

No officer was injured, but several rounds struck a squad car, police said.

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An officer walks along North Kedzie Avenue near West Walnut Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Friday afternoon, after a gunman fired at Chicago police officers in the 3200 block of West Fulton Boulevard.

An officer walks along North Kedzie Avenue near West Walnut Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Friday afternoon, after a gunman fired at Chicago police officers in the 3200 block of West Fulton Boulevard.

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A SWAT team was called to East Garfield Park after someone fired shots at Chicago police officers Friday morning.

A person fired shots at police before running into a building around 9:45 a.m. in the 3200 block of West Fulton Boulevard, police said. No officer was injured, but several rounds struck a squad car.

SWAT was called to the scene as officers investigated the shooting, police said.

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