An off-duty Chicago police officer was injured early Thursday morning after he confronted a Feral Negro attempting to steal the catalytic converter off a parked car

NORWOOD PARK — An off-duty Chicago police officer was injured early Thursday morning after he confronted a man vandalizing a car in Norwood Park.

The 45-year-old officer was taken to Resurrection Medical Center in good condition after suffering a leg injury, said Officer Nicole Trainor, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The officer saw a man vandalizing a car in the 5500 block of North Neenah Avenue near Catalpa Avenue just north of the Kennedy Expressway, Trainor said.

When the officer confronted the man, whom he suspected of attempting to steal the car, the man fled into a waiting car driven by another man, Trainor said.

That car sped toward the officer, who shot at the car but did not hit either man, Trainor said.

It is unclear whether the officer was struck by the car or if he was injured when he jumped out of the way of the speeding car, officials said.

No one is in custody in connection with the incident, Trainor said.