Reports of multiple gunshots at Garfield and Western, Chicago IL
WeaponsMultiple gunshots were reported near Garfield and Western Boulevard in Chicago. Calls indicated shots fired near Rockwell and Tallman. Officers on scene did not hear gunfire but continued to investigate the area. Some witnesses reported hearing between 10 to 13 shots, possibly fired from a speeding vehicle. The situation involved several locations, with reports coming in over time, but no confirmed findings on site.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Are anybody over there still at 5-6 in Oakley? I got two calls of shots fired, near Rockwell and near Tallman.
00:06
The Tallman one said they just heard 10 gunshots, three blocks east of Tallman.
00:13
863. I'm sitting right here.
00:14
I didn't hear anything.
00:19
Okay, John Ford.
00:24
So one, two.
00:29
712. Squad,
00:32
did we get any calls for a traffic crash near Ashland?
00:41
6.5 in Ashland, negative.
00:46
All right, squad, you can hold us down on this.
00:50
So car's pretty damaged, lights are out as well.
00:58
Is there anybody in the car?
01:01
We get a right on scene squad, but we're going to check it out.
01:04
Just calling it out.
01:08
All right, I'm going back to 7 o'clock.
01:10
I'll let you know if anything popped up.
01:17
63.
01:19
8.63.
01:22
I know he said he heard of three blocks east, but I'll make my way from western west just in case.
01:26
And then we'll keep it coded unless you hear all the voice.
01:31
Okay, turn four.
01:34
Okay.
01:37
Okay.
01:40
813.
01:41
813.
01:44
They're disbursing.
01:45
We don't know how to find us to throw at a high rate of speed.
01:50
So they're divorcing from all directions at the intersection.
01:55
All right, just for information, it looks like they're starting to clear up from 6-3 and Cicero.
01:59
About 10 of them are going south on On Cicero to high-rate a speed, but they are dispersing in all directions.
02:04
And A-6-3, yeah, I'm still getting calls.
02:06
I just got another one near Garfield and Western saying that 13 gunshots filed by a car speeding up.
02:10
I don't know if maybe these are just late calls.
02:15
Maybe this is like a half-hour late then.
02:20
Yeah, I don't know.
02:21
I'm a 5-7 of Rockwell right now.
02:22
There's nothing out here, and I've heard nothing.
02:27
Yeah,
02:28
they're still coming in.
02:29
I got 5'8 Talman now.
02:30
Maybe they're south.
02:37
Again, I've got nothing.
02:39
And I'm sitting right here.
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Garfield & Western Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60636
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