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Man assaults Walgreens staff, steals then drops belongingsChicago IL

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Near S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60609

A man wearing white Sox gear assaulted employees at a Walgreens near Western Ave. He had previously struck a clerk with a pipe. He unlawfully entered a woman's vehicle, took her phone and key fob, then dropped them and fled northbound on a bus. One victim sustained a critical artery injury and was taken to surgery.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 13
07:5
Transcript:
00:00
For the incident, I'm going to report of an assault in progress over at the Walgreens, on near Western Ave.
00:07
Isabel called and said that there was a male wearing a gym jacket.
00:12
He was harassing employees.
00:15
No weapons reported at this time.
00:21
920. 20.
00:23
20.
00:28
Sorry, if everybody else is down, would we be able to head 924 over that way to near Western to the Walgreens?
00:43
Yeah, I'll be coming from 42 in Princeton, but you can do it on the house.
00:49
All right, ten four.
00:50
And nine to four, it did you copy? Can you so head into near Western police for the Walgreens?
00:56
The first call came in as a male wearing a gym jacket. He was harassing employees.
01:02
Now they're calling back saying that this guy, he's a male wearing a white Sox hat and all black white Sox gear.
01:11
He was wanted for hitting the caller Kala in the head with a pipe a few days ago.
01:23
924-99.
01:27
Yeah, that was from the 27th from two days ago.
01:32
He,
01:34
that offender struck the clerk in the head with the pipe.
01:44
999.
01:47
999. 999. Yeah,
01:50
until our board clears up, use 24 wherever you need them.
01:54
Okay, thank you. Appreciate it.
02:00
3.3. Can you show us turning off body cams going to the hospital?
02:06
All right, 1040s.
02:08
And Sergeant 4, 933, they're deactivating their body cams, they're going into the hospital.
02:19
910.
02:22
910.
02:25
Since you're on this event with everybody, 933 is going into UFC and they're deactivating their body cams just for a notification.
02:34
Okay, another thing.
02:40
One for updates.
02:42
931.
02:46
We're going to list her as critical condition because they got an artery.
02:56
Okay, Tim Forrest, so we're update our downgrading her to critical condition.
03:04
upgrading it to critical.
03:07
Well, however you look at it.
03:10
Exactly.
03:11
And 925, did you copy the last? Your victim is critical now due to the artery being hit.
03:21
No, that's how we're calling it?
03:24
Yeah, 931 is at the hospital and they just upgraded your victim to critical
03:32
because the artery was struck.
03:38
911.
03:43
31, I'll send them a list of the injuries when I get a chance.
03:48
They gave me a list.
03:55
934.
03:57
10404. 934.
04:00
Yeah, I'm going to clear from over here at Fulcide in the Union. Show me heading in the 9.
04:04
I believe to meet for 925. I believe he is in 9.
04:13
I thought 9 to 5 is still unseen.
04:19
He was still unseen at the victim's house.
04:23
All right, where's that at?
04:29
The original location is going to be near West 42nd Street.
04:34
Near Weston 42.
04:36
Did you want to go there?
04:38
Yeah, 99. She'll be relocating over there.
04:41
Okay, so did you recover that knife done?
04:46
Yeah, 99. I'm going to recover it as evidence for right now over here from 45th Street.
04:52
At no time was the knife used on the second victim or anything like that.
04:57
He just related that he was armed with a knife.
05:00
And then he took her phone and her key fob and then took off from there and dropped it.
05:11
But not the car. He just ran off on foot when he took the phone and the key fob?
05:16
Correct, 99, yes.
05:22
Okay,
05:25
so she got all her property back, right?
05:29
Yes, the second victim got her property back.
05:31
He entered her vehicle unlawfully as it was parked on the side of the street while she was crossing the kids to the school.
05:38
And then they got into a confrontation at which time that he took her phone and key fob from the vehicle, ran,
05:44
and then dropped it. And she was able to retrieve her belongings.
05:49
Okay, 10-4[1]-9-25-year-or coming in.
05:57
924.
06:00
Sorry, who is trying to come in?
06:03
924 give 920 disregard.
06:06
He's gone.
06:09
All right, 10-4[1]-920, you could take a disregard that offender is gone.
06:14
And we just have them as a male wearing a white Sox hat and all-black white Sox gear.
06:26
All right. All right.
06:31
We jump on the bus and that way.
06:37
Fled northbound.
06:40
I have fled northbound on a bus. Northbound on a bus.
06:48
931.
06:50
I'm sorry. 931.
06:53
Yeah, they're going to be taking this victim over to surgery. She's supposed to be in the other building.
07:00
Okay.
07:02
10-4[1], we have the victim going to surgery.
07:04
914 for information.
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[1]
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Near S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
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