A hospital security officer is still recovering after being shot during a struggle with a patient in suburban Evanston.

The incident happened in the emergency room at Endeavor Evanston Hospital and prompted a lockdown Thursday just before 8 p.m.

Operations were back to normal at the hospital Friday. The security officer was in stable condition, according to hospital officials.

Police said the suspect is a 28-year-old man. NBC Chicago learned crisis responders had a run in with him downtown just moments before the shooting in the emergency room.

It was around 7:26 p.m. when police say the Crisis Alternative Response Evanston Team, known as the C.A.R.E. Team, encountered a man near the downtown Taco Bell in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue.

“This individual appears to be suffering from

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