Three men shot a 72-year-old man during a robbery attempt in Englewood at night, the police said, but the victim waited a long time to get help because nobody called 911 to report the shooting and unfortunately the mayor disconnected the shot spotters from the neighborhood last year.
Officers in the Deering (9th) District reported hearing fire around 1:16 am and estimate that it took place somewhere near Ashland and Garfield. They searched the area and saw three men who ran away when the officers approached, according to the transmissions of the Chicago police.
Officers kept the trio in a footfight chase, but the men slipped away.
Minutes later, around 1:25 am, a 911 -Beller reported that a man shouted outside in the 5600 block of South Justine, just one block away from where officers saw the three suspects.
The screaming man turned out to be the shooting victim. He told the police that three men confronted him and demanded his property. When he refused, one of the men pulled a gun and shots shot and hit him in the left shin. CPD said he is in a reasonable state.
An officer on the spot said that the robbers were three black men, of whom there was a particularly long. The police who chased behind the suspects said that corresponded to the description of the men they pursued.
In total it took about nine minutes from the time of the shooting until the first responds heard that someone was injured in the incident.
The Shotspotter Gunfire Detection network of the city covered the neighborhood until mayor Brandon Johnson pulled the plug in September. Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th), who represents the area, was one of the 67% majority of the city council who tried to convince the mayor to keep the Scot -to -Potter active.
Coleman was even one of the three aldermen who collaborated with managers Pick up $ 2.5 million To cover the costs to keep the system active. Johnson and his administration have rejected those efforts.
“We are both sad and disappointed in terms of where we are with every sound detection system that can help CPD warn to save lives in communities such as Englewood, Auburn Gresham, far southeast side, North Lawndale, south and west side, which influence black and brown people,” ” Said Coleman during a press conference announcing the availability of $ 2.5 million.
From 12:01 pm on September 23, 2024, Chicago terminated his relationship with Shotspotter, a gunfire detection system that was used in 12 of the most of the city implemented by violence. Mayor Brandon Johnson stubbornly refused to reconsider his decision to dismantle the Schotspotter, despite the vast majority of aldermen, many citizens, proponents of the victim and his chosen police -superintendent to ask that it remains in force.
This reporting series, called “Brandon’s Bodies”, wants to document matters of shooting victims and police investigations that may have benefited from shot detection technology.
The general criteria for inclusion are a Scottish victim that is found outside at a location that was previously operated by the Scottish Potter with either no accompanying 911 calls on gunfire or (2) calling on gunfire in a general area that did not lead to the timely location of the victim.
Note of the editors: The previously recorded case on this list was removed on 21 May 2025, because the office research of the Medical Examiner of Cook County established that the person died by suicide in a fall of height.
