A Chicago police officer died following a shooting on Monday night in the East Chatham neighborhood on the city’s South Side, authorities said.“I come to you with a heavy heart because we’ve lost another police officer who was out working,

A Chicago police officer was shot Monday night on the South Side, sources said. The officer was shot around 8 p.m. near the intersection of East 82nd Street and South Ingleside Avenue. Additional details of the shooting were not immediately available but sources said the officer was in critical condition.

Chicago police at the scene where an officer and a civilian ... called on all residents in the city to pray for his family and put their arms around the police department. “This tragic loss cuts deep, the wound is severe,” Johnson said.