Shots fired near BP gas station at East 52nd Street, Chicago IL
WeaponsAn unknown male fired multiple shots near the BP gas station at East 52nd Street in Chicago. An assistant principal quickly moved students to safety. A large crowd was seen fleeing the area near Whole Foods. It remains unclear whether the shots were from a firearm or paintball gun.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
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Transcript:
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Units in Tulun Citywide shots fire near East 52nd at BP gas station.
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A Kenwood assistant principal was calling this in, said an unknown male just started firing gunshots towards the streets.
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He moved the students and then he didn't see the vehicle.
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A fender was wearing a Kenwood shirt, no, that's the principal, disregard.
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But call it going to be in front and a Kenwood shirt and jeans.
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Near East 52nd Street. He's on 7.
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Oh man, let me see.
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232. Hey, forget that deceptive practice[1] in progress about kids asking for donation. I need y'all to head over to that shots fire call, 232.
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I'm rerouting y'all.
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10.4.
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Who else is going? I'm sorry, you got cut out.
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Who else is going?
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Six to Adam.
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Two, six, two Adam. Okay. Hey, y'all going to meet with the principal. His name is (name withheld). He's a Kenwood assistant principal.
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He's going to be wearing a Kenwood shirt in front. He wants to talk to CPD near East 52nd Street. He saw the whole thing.
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Only one call.
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200, David, for handful.
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200, David.
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8-200 David Lowe. He put me on a five mission with a joint five mission with the U.S.C.
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About a minute ago when those shots fire came out, we saw a group run westbound from 53rd in Lake Park into Harper Court, unknown direction when they hit Harper.
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And then there is a large crowd in front of Whole Foods right now.
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All right, so there's a large crowd in front of Whole Foods right now and then 200 David on a pod mission, 53 in Lake Park. Let me get a description of this car.
02:04
Again, on my ticket, I don't have a description of the vehicle. They just said, the assistant principal said the male pulled up, started firing gunshots towards the street.
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He grabbed all the students told them to move out the way.
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No other calls so far.
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299.
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299.
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299.
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Okay, we can clear up 2.15.
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We'll have 2.11 go over to the jewel in the Lake Meadows complex over there. And please let the 22 know that they'll be covering Walgreens and Trader Joe's over there.
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All right, 222.
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All right, you got Walgreens and Trader Joe's Joe's. 2.15. I'm going to clear you up, okay?
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9 to 11 you want Jewel and Lake Meadows okay
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211 919 312 landed at Comer
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312 we got you landing at Comer 17 24 on o'clock
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but uh 200 David
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200s are they shooting like gunshots or paintballs because I'm getting info for the police about males around shooting paintball guns
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We didn't see the actual shooting just around the time that before that call came out, we saw the 50 kids sprinting from that area, unsure what was their shooting.
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Okay, so 262 Adam and all the units that responded over there. Yeah, we don't know if there were gunshots or paint balls, but we aren't getting taken the info for the police regarding paintball guns being shot over there.
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deceptive practice: Fraud / scam incident
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Near E 52nd St, Chicago, IL 60615
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