4 taken into custody after fight involving 2 off-duty Chicago police officers
<p>Four people were taken into custody after a fight broke out Friday afternoon near the 31st Street Beach involving two off-duty Chicago police officers, including one who suffered facial injuries, police said.</p><p>A 23-year-old man, a 24-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men were on a sidewalk at about 4:05 p.m. along the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive when two men and two women approached them, police said.</p><p>An argument took place between the groups, and the 23-year-old man and 24-year-old woman both identified themselves as officers and attempted to de-escalate the conflict, police said.</p><p>The dispute became physical, and the two men and two women who approached the group were taken into custody, police confirmed Friday night.</p><p>The male officer suffered cuts to his face and nose and was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition, police said.</p><p>One of the 22-year-old men suffered a cut to his forehead and the other suffered blunt-force trauma to his body.
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<p>Four people were taken into custody after a fight broke out Friday afternoon near the 31st Street Beach involving two off-duty Chicago police officers, including one who suffered facial injuries, police said.</p><p>A 23-year-old man, a 24-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men were on a sidewalk at about 4:05 p.m. along the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive when two men and two women approached them, police said.</p><p>An argument took place between the groups, and the 23-year-old man and 24-year-old woman both identified themselves as officers and attempted to de-escalate the conflict, police said.</p><p>The dispute became physical, and the two men and two women who approached the group were taken into custody, police confirmed Friday night.</p><p>The male officer suffered cuts to his face and nose and was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition, police said.</p><p>One of the 22-year-old men suffered a cut to his forehead and the other suffered blunt-force trauma to his body. Both declined medical attention.</p><p>Charges were pending. Detectives are investigating.</p>
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- <p>Four people were taken into custody after a fight broke out Friday afternoon near the 31st Street Beach involving two off-duty Chicago police officers, including one who suffered facial injuries, police said.</p><p>A 23-year-old man, a 24-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men were on a sidewalk at about 4:05 p.m. along the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive when two men and two women approached them, police said.</p><p>An argument took place between the groups, and the 23-year-old man and 24-year-old woman both identified themselves as officers and attempted to de-escalate the conflict, police said.</p><p>The dispute became physical, and the two men and two women who approached the group were taken into custody, police confirmed Friday night.</p><p>The male officer suffered cuts to his face and nose and was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition, police said.</p><p>One of the 22-year-old men suffered a cut to his forehead and the other suffered blunt-force trauma to his body.
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