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Police Officer Shoots Self In Leg At Bridgeview Courthouse

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago police officer accidentally shot himself in the foot Wednesday morning at a southwest suburban courthouse.

Around 9:40 a.m., an alarm malfunctioned at the Bridgeview Courthouse, resulting in a brief evacuation of the building, police said.

During the evacuation, a Chicago police officer was retrieving his firearm from a storage locker, when it went off, and a bullet struck the officer in the leg.

He was taken to a nearby hospital, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening.

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