Chicago cop shot outside West Side police station, authorities say

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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.

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

No further information was immediately available.

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