A security guard was shot and wounded Thursday night during a struggle in the emergency room of a hospital in the city of Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, officials said.

The shooting occurred in the ER of Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital, located at 2650 Ridge Ave.At 7:26 p.m. Central time, the Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or C.A.R.E. team — which provides non-police response to certain low-risk service calls — approached a man near the downtown Evanston Taco Bell at 1737 Sherman Ave., according to Evanston police Cmdr. Scott Sophier.The man seemed to be suffering a mental health affliction. He agreed to be checked out by Evanston Fire Department paramedics and taken to Evanston Hospital for treatment, Sophier said.