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Off-duty Chicago cop under investigation after 'altercation' with officers at shooting scene

CHICAGO - A Chicago police sergeant is under investigation after he showed up at the scene of a fatal shooting over the weekend while off duty and was forcibly led away by officers.

"You're gonna cuff me? You're gonna (expletive) cuff me?" the off-duty sergeant protested as officers grabbed his arms and walked him toward a police car after the shooting on Lower Wacker Drive around 3 a.m. Sunday.

The sergeant repeatedly stated his name, rank and badge number and referred to the police district where he works. "You know who I am, right?" he asked the officers.

Anthony Guglielmi,

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