Off-Duty Female Cop is Shot in the Face During Road Rage Incident in Chicago

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<p>CHICAGO (WLS) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer who was shot in the face in a road rage incident has been released from the hospital. The officer was released from Illinois Masonic hospital shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, CPD confirmed. Chicago police are still looking for the person fired the shots Tuesday afternoon on the Northwest Side. CPD describes it as a road rage incident. The 27-year-old woman was driving on the border of the Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods when someone in a black SUV in front of her abruptly stopped, which led to a crash near a local Jiffy Lube, police said. She was shot during a confrontation with the driver of the black SUV in the 3600-block of North Elston Avenue at about 3:10 p.m. The officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital; she was conscious throughout a conversation they had at the hospital, Brown said.</p>