Soft lockdown at school after unconfirmed shots fired report, Chicago IL
Penn Elementary School was placed on a soft lockdown after a community member reported shots fired near S Avers Ave. No emergency calls or official confirmation of shots fired were made. Security is present and police units were dispatched to check the area.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
Squad, Penn Elementary is on a soft lockdown. They want to see the police.
00:04
Okay. When I get a car, I'll send someone unless there's a sergeant out there, they can go by pan, because I don't have anyone.
00:11
And also they say why they're on the lockdown, because I don't have anything over there. I don't have a shot fired or anything.
00:17
They were informed by a community member that there were shots fired in the area, so security is out right now, too.
00:23
Oh, well, they never called 911 about shots fired, so.
00:26
I got any attack units, check that out over by near S Avers Ave? The community member getting called, but that's what they were told.
00:31
Yeah, we don't have any calls over there. I got any attack units to go by near S Avers Ave?
00:40
1060, Charlie.
00:41
1062, Charlie.
00:49
10-6-2 Charlie?
00:55
Do we have a 10-6-2 Charlie out there?
01:04
10-6-2 Charlie or 10-6-3 David? When do you guys go over there?
01:11
Nope, that's not. All right, well, 10-10 and 1030. Can you guys go by there? 16 to neighbors.
01:21
10-10.
01:26
Yeah,
01:28
can you in 10.30 go over there, 16th and neighbors to Penn School? They're on a soft lockdown.
01:32
Someone called them and told them claim that there were shots fired in the area, but we don't have any calls.
01:40
10-10, I do you need to be.
01:42
10-30, can you go with 10-10, please?
01:48
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
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