Man shot during attempted arrest

A Chicago police officer trying to make an arrest Thursdayafternoon shot a man who allegedly pulled a gun on him, police said.

The man, whose identity was not released, was wounded in the headand was listed in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, anursing supervisor said.

Two plainclothes officers had spotted two men involved in a drugtransaction on the 4200 block of West Madison at about 12:45 p.m.,police spokesman Robert Cargie said.

After approaching the suspects, one took off running and anofficer chased him, Cargie said.

The officer caught up with the suspect, but as he was arrestinghim, a third man approached with a handgun and tried to stop theofficer, Cargie said.

The officer identified himself and told the person to drop thegun, Cargie said.

Instead, the person pointed the weapon at the officer, who thendrew his own weapon and fired, Cargie said.

In the process, the suspect who had been chased down fled thescene, Cargie said.

Police had two people in custody Thursday night, one of thealleged drug dealers and the person who police said pulled the gun,but neither had been charged, Cargie said.

Narcotics were recovered from the scene, he said.

Chicago police officers also were investigating a separateincident Thursday involving the discharge of an officer's gun, Cargiesaid.

Police responded at about noon to a report of drug dealing in the200 block of West 95th.

They were attempting to arrest someone when one of the officer'sguns was fired, Cargie said.

The suspect was not hit, Cargie said. He had no other details.