Amtrak police officers involved in a shooting which wounded a man near Union Station Wednesday night have been moved to administrative assignments, according to the transit agency.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari declined to say how many officers were involved and did not offer any details.

Officers involved in the incident are on administrative assignment per Department policy, according to a brief emailed statement. The Chicago police, in coordination with the State’s Attorney’s office, is the lead agency in the investigation, the statement said.

An officer shot the 25-year-old man in the left shoulder around 8:45 p.m. in the 300 block of South Canal Street, authorities said.  He was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital.

At the time, an Amtrak representative said the officer was not injured and referred questions to Chicago police.

Neither Amtrak nor Chicago police would say whether a gun was recovered from the wounded man.  Police did say cash and drugs were found on him.

Canal Street between Van Buren and Harrison streets were blocked off late Wednesday as police investigated the shooting just down from Union Station.  Officers also taped off a small area in front of the station near Canal and Jackson Boulevard.

 

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