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Shots Fired Near 79th and Ashland; Armed Males Board CTA BusChicago IL

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W 79th St & S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

Shots were fired near 79th Street and Ashland Avenue. A security guard reported seeing two males dressed in black, one carrying a rifle, board an eastbound CTA bus. Police units responded and checked several buses along 79th Street.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
05:37
Transcript:
00:00
For the unit in 6th and citywide, getting a ticket for shots fired[1], 79th and Ashland, Ashland and 79.
00:06
Female caller heard six shots. No further. Six don't it clear.
00:11
She goes to Zanpeer, Pisa.
00:17
We're getting a ticket for shots fired[1] at 79th and Ashland.
00:21
All we have is a female caller who heard about six shots.
00:29
24,
00:30
you can show us at 6.
00:40
634, got your landing, 2226.
00:44
93,
00:49
parental.
00:51
693.
00:53
6-9-3, we're on that trial's fire call for here on 3-9 to Nashville, and we were just told by the security guard at the gas station that it's two males wearing all-black that got on the CTA bus heading eastbound, and one is arms with a rifle.
01:13
All right, so for a friend, now bid on that call for shots fire, for the security guard at the gas station,
01:20
there are two males wearing all black clothing that boarded a CTA bus going eastbound, and one of them is armed with a rifle.
01:31
description?
01:34
All we have is two males wearing all black clothing, one in a CTA bus.
01:39
693, any other descriptions?
01:43
693, we're about to look at the video surveillance that the gas stations might have. Just give us a second, we'll give an exact description, but all we have is wearing all black.
01:53
4261, David, we're on 7.9 limits.
01:56
We're going to check it off.
02:00
I have multiple units.
02:02
I have multiple units, 4261, David.
02:05
I got you at Loomis and 79.
02:07
And what else did you say?
02:11
4261, David.
02:12
We made contact with the bus on 79 Lumis.
02:15
This is supposed to take care.
02:20
David?
02:26
Forty-161, David.
02:29
Go ahead.
02:31
You said you spoke to the CTA bus driver and then you cut off.
02:36
We stopped us. We made contact with a CTA buzz on 79 and a little miss. They were on here. We have another one stopped on 79 left.
02:47
Can we get one more car over there with 4261, David? There with another bus at Laoslin and 79 right now.
02:55
Laflin and 79th.
02:58
64-0-2.
03:02
7-4.
03:05
693 control, corn.
03:08
7479 and 11 with a CTA bus.
03:16
624.
03:18
624.
03:20
02-7, anything on the pod?
03:23
602A, anything on the Pots?
03:27
6.O.2M. That's a negative.
03:30
104.
03:37
We're going to be further down.
03:39
All right, somebody saying that that bus must be further east.
03:50
693.
03:52
693. 693. 6.3.
03:57
Based off of the surveillance video, it was 5 minutes ago from now.
04:03
All right, for the surveillance video, these mail was left about five minutes ago.
04:09
602, Sam, if you can check the pods and give us a bus number, maybe.
04:18
This is Sam. Can you give me the sign? I'll ask you down.
04:22
So first half came in at 2221 hours, 2221 hours per 693 in the surveillance video, these males left around 5 minutes ago. Okay,
04:38
4.
04:42
632, we got one bus stop at 7.9.
04:46
Was that 7.9 in Prairie?
04:51
Prairie.
04:53
All right, 10.4. We have 632 with another bus at 7.9 in Prairie.
05:03
In description, we're offended.
05:06
We have two males wearing all black clothing.
05:09
693. Any descriptions? Any other descriptions?
05:13
Negative. They can pull the footage.
05:19
All right, all we have is two males, both wearing black clothing, one arm with a rifle.
05:29
293, can you hold us at the 79th red line?
05:35
693, we could we catch at the 79 red line.
Police codes explained
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[1]
shots fired: Gunshots heard or reported.

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W 79th St & S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

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