Off Duty Police Sgt. Crictically Wounded

This was in the Southtown.

Calumet Area detectives are investigating an injury that left an off-duty Chicago police sergeant critically injured on New Year’s Day.

Police and fire officials said a man was found injured near the intersection of West 111th Street and South Springfield Avenue on Thursday night and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Police News Affairs Director Monique Bond confirmed the man was an off-duty Chicago police sergeant.

The nature of the injuries and how they were obtained were not immediately known, police said.

Calumet Area detectives are investigating.

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