Officer shoots man trying to ram open garage with van

A man who apparently was using a van as a battering ram to break into a garage was shot and critically injured by an off-duty police officer in the South Chicago neighborhood this morning.
The man was shot in the alley after trying to run down the officer in the 7900 block of South Jeffery Boulevard just after 7 a.m..
The officer was at home about 7 a.m. when he and his wife heard a loud crashing sound behind their home. The officer went out back to see what was going on and found a man using a van to try to break into the garage by pushing open the garage door with the vehicle.
The officer identified himself to the driver of the van, but instead of stopping, the driver instead aimed the van at the officer, police said. The officer, fearing for his life, shot at the driver and struck him, police said.