(MCT) — A man suspected of abducting his 2-year-old child from the south suburb of Bridgeview was shot and critically wounded by a Chicago police officer after the suspect struck the officer with his car in a restaurant parking lot in the Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said.

The officer, a 16-year veteran, approached the man at a Church's Fried Chicken parking lot at 1151 S. Independence Blvd, about 7 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. The suspect backed up his car, then drove forward and hit the officer in the leg, officials said.