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Man displays gun while driving tow truck near South Chicago AveChicago IL

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Near S South Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

A man displayed a gun while driving a maroon or red tow truck near South Chicago Avenue. Police are searching for the vehicle, which was last reported heading southbound on that road.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
02:45
Transcript:
00:00
I'm getting a person with a gun, but I have no details.
00:02
So my supervisor is going to check with a car taker.
00:04
But in the meantime, person with a gun, near South Chicago.
00:08
Person with a gun, near South Chicago.
00:12
No details.
00:13
Supervisors going to check with a car taker.
00:21
3 to 1. All right, now we got some details.
00:31
Fender is a male (name withheld) driving a tow truck.
00:35
Oh wow, horrible details, but a male (name withheld) driving a tow truck, person with a gun, near South Chicago.
00:45
321, 314, can y'all head over there?
00:49
What kind of truck is?
00:52
Still don't know.
00:53
I'm trying to get more details from the call-taker.
00:55
3-02, Sam. We're looking at two tow trucks that had address.
01:01
All right, keep us updated.
01:03
3O2-San-4.
01:04
Okay. All right.
01:09
Stamphor. All right, y'all, drive safe.
01:10
302 Sam got eyes on two tow trucks near South Chicago.
01:16
One says R&D on it.
01:17
Do you see anything? One's going to be a black Ford with a flatbed.
01:21
It doesn't look like it's occupied.
01:22
And then there is a red or maroon Ford.
01:25
It's going to be 159-832 Charlie.
01:28
That one's facing northbound.
01:30
It's starting to pull.
01:32
All right, so 159, 832, Charlie, the red slash maroon tow truck is going, starting to go northbound from near South Chicago.
01:41
I'm trying to find out which one has the gun.
01:48
6-2, David, what I'm saying?
01:51
All right, 362, David, we got your own thing.
01:55
362, put it on my box.
01:57
10-4.
02:00
352, we're good.
02:02
All right, everybody.
02:07
Supposed information from the call, they send that the tow truck went southbound on South Chicago.
02:13
Which one, the black or the maroon?
02:20
That had to be the rare one then.
02:22
Okay, so southbound from near South Chicago.
02:26
Is that the one with the gun, anybody know?
02:30
That's what the guy we're talking to is relating.
02:33
The guy with the gun went southbound.
02:34
Okay.
02:36
And he was in the maroon slash red tow truck 159-832 Charlie, led southbound.
02:44
Maroon near South Chicago.

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Near S South Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

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