WEST LAWN — Chicago Police and FBI agents doing an investigation Monday morning on the South Side came under fire, but no one was wounded, officials said Monday.
The officers and agents were in the 6100 block of South Kolmar Avenue in West Lawn when someone fired shots at them around 9:25 a.m., the FBI and police officials said.
"During the course of an investigation this morning in the area of 6100 block South Kolmar in Chicago, shots were fired at State and Federal law enforcement officers," FBI Special Agent Garrett Croon said in a statement.
The statement did not indicate whether officers returned fire.
The suspects involved were later arrested near the 6800 block of South Kenneth Street, officials said.
"Four suspects were taken into custody. No injuries were reported," Garrett said.
Multiple Chicago Police officers and FBI agents could be seen searching the alleys behind homes on Kenneth, Kilbourne and Keeler Avenues on 68th Street around mid-day Monday. Chicago Police SWAT teams were also involved. Street traffic in the neighborhood was restricted.
The morning commotion left many West Lawn residents wondering what happened.
"I saw a bunch of cars going by and I saw a police officer running down the alley, so I decided to go and see what was going on," said Annie Gloria who moved to West Town last year. "Then I heard the helicopter and I figured they were looking for someone."
The shooting at officers came after four police-involved shootings in the last 10 days in Chicago.
On Sunday, police fatally shot a man who shot a 24-year-old pregnant woman in West Garfield Park. A man was shot and killed by police Friday in Homan Square. Officers fatally shot Kajuan Raye, 19, Wednesday in West Englewood, and 26-year-old Darius Jones was shot and killed by officers Nov. 18 in West Englewood.
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