Male suspect fires gun inside YMCA on South Stony Island, Chicago IL

Weapons

Reported: 11/7/2025 06:56 PM

Near S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

A male suspect entered the YMCA near South Stony Island Avenue armed with a gun and began shooting. People inside hid in the washroom for safety. The suspect arrived in an all-black vehicle and was on the second floor when the incident occurred. Police responded to the active threat.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07

02:22

Transcript:

00:00

getting a call for an active threat at the YMCA near South Stony.

00:05

Call the station mail came to the building with a gun and started shooting.

00:07

We got details to follow.

00:15

312 324 can you start heading over to the YMCA please 312 324 key head over to the YMPA we got an active threat near South Stony Island.

00:35

23 show is going 10 433 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3 3 3rd.

00:45

324, you copy?

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104.

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312, you copy?

00:55

104. 31,

00:59

you can clear from our paper, so let's go in today.

01:04

104 and 310.

01:08

310.

01:10

3K.

01:12

Can we show you heading over to the active threat?

01:16

Can we show you heading to the active threat at the YMCA near 63rd and Stony?

01:23

Sure.

01:26

320?

01:29

Dang then.

01:33

All a freeze.

01:36

All praise.

01:38

Yeah, can you do a callback and see if there's in a better description?

01:44

Yeah,

01:48

all the threes, it's still details to follow, they're still on the line with the caller, so I can't do the callback at.

01:55

Alright, ten four.

02:01

All right, unison three.

02:04

In citywide, we have an act of threat.

02:06

Near South Stony Island at the YMCA.

02:09

Carlos says mail came into the building and started shooting.

02:14

They're in the washroom,

02:15

inside the building, they pulled up in an all-black car.

02:18

I don't know how many people are in the building.

02:20

Right now they're on the second floor.

02:21

We still have details to follow.

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Near S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

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