North Side Gun Battle

Seems this one went on for a little while:

• A man who fired at officers responding to a shooting Saturday morning in West Ridge was shot, Chicago police said.

  A 39-year-old man was walking about 9:30 a.m. in the 2600 block of West Farwell Avenue when a 23-year-old man following him opened fire, striking the victim in the shoulder, police said.

  As paramedics were rendering aid to the victim and officers were investigating the scene, the gunman emerged from an alley and fired shots at the officers, hitting a Chicago Fire Department ambulance, police said.

  The gunman continued to shoot at officers from different locations as officers returned fire. He was shot multiple times, then taken into custody and transported to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

The shooter was popping in and out of different locations, firing and retreating numerous times before Officers successfully ended the threat. 

An excellent job all around in a situation that could have been a lot worse.