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Armed suspects set fire in Chicago building hallwayChicago IL

audio iconFire & Arson
Near E 71st St, Chicago, IL 60619

A man and a woman, both armed, tried to break into apartments in a building near E 71st St in Chicago. The man set fire to the hallway, which spread quickly inside the building. Firefighters were called and managed to put the fire out. One suspect resisted arrest but was taken into custody. Emergency services responded to the scene to handle the fire and the situation.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
03:43
Transcript:
00:00
You want to solo into the purse with a gun, near E 71st St.
00:03
So, male or female wearing all gray.
00:06
They're in the hallway with a gun trying to break into the units.
00:11
320312 car.
00:17
Ida, 3-2193.23, now it's an arson in progress. near E 71st St.
00:24
There's a male lighting the hallway on fire.
00:29
On fire.
00:36
Okay,
00:37
the next update that I'm getting for the arson, male lighting the hallway on fire.
00:42
Two floors in the building, female has a gun and is setting the building on fire, and now fires rolling.
00:48
The caller was refusing to answer any questions for near E 71st St.
00:58
323, or we go out of fire, so I find fire.
01:06
We get a fire over here.
01:11
323, fire's rolling already.
01:16
And at 313 you want to start making your way. 3 440, you want to start making your way? near E 71st St.
01:25
313-104.
01:31
3-2-3-3-7. Get on that, giving W.
01:36
All right, 3.23, yeah, fire is rolling already.
01:39
What's the AMBO going to be for?
01:46
Is there an available sergeant in 3 that could start rolling over there, near E 71st St?
01:56
23, we got a fire out, but we got one resisting.
02:00
All right, 323, I copied that the fire is out, it's 1518.
02:09
And what else did you say?
02:14
They said they had one resisting.
02:17
All right, 323 is going to have one resisting.
02:20
321, I see you pulling up over there.
02:25
3.J.
02:26
320.
02:27
3.2. 3.20.
02:30
Yeah, you're looking for me 12.
02:33
Hey, you want to settle on over to near E 71st St?
02:39
99th slow.
02:41
Thank you.
02:47
321. Let me know when you make contact with 20-bird.
02:56
323 323.2 323.
03:02
Yeah,
03:05
you're doing okay.
03:06
Again, first suited unseen and make contact with 323, disadvised, near E 71st St. 3.23, we got 1.4-0-4-2-2.
03:15
And we've prosecuted.
03:17
Stop.
03:21
All right, 3-2-3-2-3. You did get stepped on, I caught the highly intoxicated. You guys were doing okay, though?
03:27
Yeah, we got one in custody.
03:30
She's had intoxicated.
03:33
For her full,
03:36
she's going to be mad full-time.
03:40
All right. Put-for.
03:41
One in custody is 1520.

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Near E 71st St, Chicago, IL 60619
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