Man critically wounded in shoot-out with University of Chicago police in Hyde Park

The scene of a police-involved shooting Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, near 53rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Paramedics picked up a gunshot victim near Hyde Park Boulevard and Woodlawn Avenue around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

A man was critically wounded in a shoot-out with University of Chicago police late Tuesday morning in Hyde Park, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Paramedics picked up a gunshot victim around 11:40 a.m. near Hyde Park Boulevard and Woodlawn Avenue, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.

The man, in his 20s, had several gunshot wounds and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, he said.

Shortly after the shooting, police taped off a scene near 53rd Street and Woodlawn.

A spokesman for University of Chicago police did not have details.

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