Last Night's Shootings

Three incidents:

• The first shooting linked to a traffic stop occurred about 8:20 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Michigan Avenue, said Police News Affairs [...]. The suspect pulled out a weapon and pointed it at the officer [...]. The officer opened fire, but the suspect was not hit [...]. The suspect fled in an unknown direction.

• The second traffic-stop incident happened about 8:25 p.m.. in the 8200 block of South Loomis Street, said [...] another news affairs spokesman.

  Again, the suspect apparently was not injured, but sped off after the officer fired his weapon...

• Lastly, an off-duty Chicago police officer fired at suspects who were attempting to rob him in the Vittum Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

  Preliminary reports said at about 10:30 p.m., an unknown number of suspects approached and tried to rob the officer on the 4800 block of South Laporte Avenue...

Wait a minute...run that first address by us again?

• ...1400 block of South Michigan Avenue...

That's what we thought. Mere blocks away from a number of high profile public officials. Mere inches in one case.

It doesn't sound like anyone is in custody for any of these, but no officers injured. Be careful out there.