3 arrested after shots fired near schoolResponding to a call of shots fired near a West Pullman neighborhood elementary school Wednesday afternoon, police arrested a 15-year-old gang member who was subsequently charged with several gun violations.
But police said they could not confirm a published report that said officers at the scene found 31 spent shell casings near the school. School was in session at the time, but no one was hurt.
The teen was found in possession of a handgun in the vicinity of the Songhai Learning Institute, 11725 S. Perry Ave., police said. He was charged with unlawful use of a firearm by a street gang member, possession of a stolen firearm and failure to have a FOID card and gun permit.
Two other suspects in the teen's company also were charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct. One was a 15-year-old. The other was Joseph Weatherspoon, 21, of the 5200 block of West Adams Street, whom police described as a convicted felon.
Police said that officers who arrived on the scene about 2:30 p.m. saw the first 15-year-old with a gun in his hand along with the other two suspects. As the officers approached, all three ran. The teen with the gun was arrested after a short foot chase, and a fully loaded 9mm handgun was recovered, police said.
Weatherspoon and the other teen were arrested a short time later, police said.
1 killed, 2 wounded near Altgeld Gardens - Chicago Public Housing One man was shot to death and two others wounded near the Altgeld Gardens housing complex on the Far South Side late Wednesday, police said.
All of the victims were standing on a sidewalk in the 300 block of East 134th Street when they were fired on by two male assailants slightly before 10 p.m., police said.
Robert Barr, 29, of the 200 block of East 134th Street, sustained a fatal head wound and also was shot in the stomach. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 11:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old man sustained a graze would to the hip, and was in good condition at Stroger. A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and also was reported in good condition at Stroger.
Calumet Area detectives were investigating. No one was in custody.
Teen Boy Shot & Wounded on Southside of ChicagoA teenage boy was seriously wounded in a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side this morning, authorities said.
The 17-year-old was shot in the 11800 block of South Eggleston Avenue just after 8 a.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety, who said no other details were available.
A Fire Department ambulance took one shooting victim who was seriously wounded to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, a Fire Department spokesman said.
Calumet Area detectives were investigating.
Murdered Body In Cal-Sag IdentifiedA body found in the Cal-Sag Channel in Blue Island on Monday has been identified as Kelvin Washington, authorities with the Illinois State Police said today.
Washington drowned, officials with the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
But police officials are still investigating his death to determine what happened.
The body was discovered by a boater on Monday afternoon in the water near 132nd Street and Ashland Avenue, according to Blue Island Fire Chief Bob Copp. The fire department responded to the call which came in around 10:13 a.m. and helped retrieve the body, Copp said. But the investigation was turned over to Illinois State Police when they arrived, he said.
According to State Trooper Clare Pfotenhauer, Washington was identified on Wednesday by relatives. Pfotenhauer said she didn’t know the age of the man but believed he was born in 1985. She said Washington had been reported missing on April 22nd. Because he was reported missing in Chicago, the investigation has been turned over to the Chicago Police department, Pfotenhauer said.