CHICAGO – A man was murdered on Wednesday evening in an alley in West Side, eight minutes after police officers in the area heard the gunfire that killed him. If Mayor Brandon Johnson had not disconnected the Shotspotter network of the neighborhood last September, the 31-year-old would probably have been found much earlier, thanks to the pinpoint accuracy of the gunfire detection system.
A police sergeant of Chicago on Patrol reported around 8:39 pm it heard from rifle fire and suspected that it came from somewhere in Laramie, Cicero, Ferdinand and Lake. Another officer saw a few vehicles running out of that box. A caller of 911 reported rifle fire near the 4900 block of West Kinzie. Another caller reported a chase between two cars and gunfire near Lavergne and Hubbard.
A passer -by eventually found the man in a rise behind the 4900 block of West Hubbard and called for help. The police arrived at 8:47 PM, seconds after receiving that call.
The victim was shot so often – an officer on the spot estimated that he had 21 shot wounds – a faster reaction would probably not have saved him. However, a faster response time can have other benefits: a better chance of retaining evidence, an opportunity to interview a passing witness or a glimpse of the shooter.
An officer said there were more than 30 shell shells on the spot and another handful in the block.
Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) represents the neighborhood where the murder took place. She was one of the two -thirds majority of the city council who wanted Johnson to keep the Scottish Potter.
After one of her supporting voices last year, she remembered the first time she heard about the Schotspotter during the Rahm Emanuel government and how she immediately thought the “breathing space” would offer if residents did not call 911 about gunfire, Block Club Chicago reported.
Mitts also pointed to Johnson’s decision to secure a brief expansion of the shot spotter contract, so that the system would be active during the Democratic National Convention last August.
‘I will tell you what I have experienced there. I tell you the trauma that I had in my community, and not just my community. I am sure that others have that too … If it was good for the DNC, then it is good for us now, “said Mitts, according to Block Club.
Mitts tried to publish Johnson.
“I don’t try to throw him under the bus, but I just think they should have this conversation with us, because we are here, what works and what doesn’t work for us,” She told the grandstand. “If it can just do one thing well and save a life, it’s worth trying.”
From this morning the Johnson administration did not use technologies to replace the Shotspotter. The mayor stubbornly refuses to turn the Scottish Potter again while he is trying to find one.
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, although the vast majority of aldermen, many citizens, the victim’s lawyers and his chosen police -superintendent asked that it was present.
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.
