At 9:06 p.m., an officer patrolling the area reported shots fired on the 1100 block of West Wilson Avenue.
The officer said he heard 5 to 6 gunshots.
Shortly thereafter, citizens reported gunfire on the 4600 and 4700 blocks of North Kenmore, and the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road.
According to investigators, witnesses saw the shooter jump into a gray or silver minivan near the corner of Wilson and Kenmore.
The gunman was described as a tall, fat, black man with dreadlocks.
The getaway vehicle was last seen going eastbound on Wilson from Kenmore, with the headlights turned off, said police.
While searching for the suspects, police arrested a man at 1039 West Lawrence Avenue. Authorities also recovered a weapon.
However, it’s unclear if the arrestee was involved in the North Side shooting and it appears authorities are still looking for the offender who fled the scene in the minivan.
I wonder if it had that soccer Mom magnet on the side?
ReplyDeleteYou'd think we'd have more police out there to try and catch all these people, especially in front of Truman, to protect us students. There's at LEAST one shooting a day. HELLO?! I see more cops in the dunkin donuts across the street. Get your shit together.
ReplyDeleteTruman College students are the first to protest against the CPD and the government and then, predictably, cry for more police protection for themselves. Pitiful.
ReplyDeleteTruman is a joke! I left overcrowded ass Harold Washington to go to Truman thinking I would be more focus there because HW is like going to HS all over again. Boy was I wrong! Truman is much worst and a haven for wannabe gangstas. I think the middle school there makes it even more terrible. So glad I'm at Northeastern now. Phuck Uptown!
ReplyDeleteEveryone write your reps/ senators/ and the republicans tell them the horrors of subsidised housing. Tell them of the failure of subsidised housing, how the people were supposed to assimilate into the rea but instead they turned it into the area they left. Tell them u want the HUD budget cut so that there is only enough for seniors,vets and people with mental and physical disabilities. This will force the CHA to reduce the number of vouchers and sell their buildings to private companies. The baby mamas who are the beneficiaries of subsidised housing have criminal relatives and boyfriends that target the area and they also live with them.
ReplyDeleteSection 8 and subsidised housing is funded federally not through the city(for those who didn't know). SO COMPLAINING TO THE CITY IS A WASTE OF TIME.
Everytime there is a budget battle contact them and tell them to cut the HUD BUDGET.
Support Paul Ryan's budget to cut food stamps and other welfare programs that promotes over breeding by lowincome, low intelligence uneducated men and women who produce the spawn who do all the wyldings and crime.