CHICAGO – A 45-year-old man was shot in both legs and was found lying outside a laundromat in Marquette Park early Sunday morning. A passerby found him and called 911. He said a man had been shot and they thought he had been shot.
But the nearest 911 reporting shots fired around that time were about a mile away, at 69th and Springfield. It’s the latest example of a person being found shot in an area previously served by ShotSpotter technology.
Chicago police said the victim, who is homeless, had gotten into an argument with another man in the 6600 block of South Kedzie. The second man left the area and returned around 1:03 a.m. with a firearm
He shot the victim in both legs. An officer at the scene said the victim had two gunshot wounds to his left knee, two more to his left shin and two more to his right knee. CPD said he was in good condition.
The shooting occurred in the 14th Ward, which is represented by Ald. Jeylu Gutierrez. She was one of 36 aldermen who voted to keep the ShotSpotter gunfire detection network active after the city’s last deal expired on September 23.
Mayor Brandon Johnson rejected the City Council’s overwhelming support for ShotSpotter and allowed the service to expire.
About this series
On September 23, 2024 at 12:01 a.m., Chicago ended its relationship with ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection system deployed in 12 of the city’s most violence-affected neighborhoods.
Mayor Brandon Johnson stubbornly refused to reconsider his decision to dismantle ShotSpotter, even as the vast majority of councilors, many citizens, victims’ advocates and his hand-picked police commissioner asked for it to remain in place.
This reporting series, called “Brandon’s Bodies,” seeks to document shooting victim cases and police investigations that could have benefited from gunshot detection technology.
The general criteria for inclusion is a gunshot victim found outdoors in a location previously served by ShotSpotter, with either (1) no accompanying 911 calls about gunfire, or (2) calls about gunfire in a general area that is not lead to the timely location of the victim.
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