Video: Chicago Police Officer Fires Through Windshield During Gunfight With Suspect

Body camera footage captured a Chicago police officer shooting through his cruiser's windshield when a suspect wanted in a previous shooting opened fire at police earlier this year.

The incident happened just after 7:45 Jan. 23 when two Chicago officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) said in a news release that included body camera and other video footage from the encounter. Investigators later learned that the suspect, later identified as Pierre Davis, allegedly shot and wounded a woman in an earlier shooting, WBBM-TV reports.

When police closed in on the scene, they spotted Davis on the street following that earlier shooting, COPA stated. He turned down an alley, and officers followed in their cruisers.

As they pursued Davis, police came under fire and began shooting. Body camera footage captured one officer returning fire by shooting through his cruiser's windshield.

"Shots fired at police!" one officer is heard yelling in the bodycam footage.

Davis was struck in the exchange, but he kept running into an empty lot. Officers were able to catch up with him after a short distance, and he was taken into custody.

Davis was taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to WBBM. He has since been released and is being held in Cook County Jail until his trial.

The shooting is still under investigation.