The FBI is reviewing a shooting involving an agent Thursday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. near the 3700 block of West Lexington Street, according to the FBI and Chicago police.
Chicago police officers initially responded to the scene, but officers have turned the investigation over to the FBI, the department said.
Authorities have not released information about what led to the shooting or if anyone was wounded.
“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” a spokesperson for the FBI Chicago Field Office said in a statement. “In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI’s Inspection Division. As this is an ongoing matter, we have no further details to provide.”
This is a developing story.
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