A Chicago police officer discharged his gun after a vehicle involved in the burglary of a GameStop ran into him Thursday morning at a Northwest Side strip mall, leading to a chase and a crash five miles away in East Village.

No one was shot or badly hurt and the burglars got away.

The incident unfolded around 4:25 a.m., as 17th District officers noticed multiple armed individuals burglarizing the GameStop, 2929 W. Addison St. in the Addison Mall, Chicago police said.

The burglars got into a white Chrysler sedan and a red Jeep SUV and ran into a responding officer as they fled, police said. The officer was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

As the officer was hit by the vehicle, he fired his weapon, authorities said. There were no reports of anyone being struc

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