Unresponsive man with syringe found in tent at homeless site, Chicago IL


A housing employee reported finding an unresponsive man holding a syringe inside a tent at the homeless encampment near Marine Drive and Wilson Avenue. The caller had Narcan but was too afraid to enter the tent. Police and fire personnel are responding to assist.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
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Transcript:
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9-2-500-but-toe? 9-22, yes, stone 4. 1915. 1915. Could ride with fire, Wilson and Marine by the homeless encampment, unresponsive male holding a syringe in his hand. Caller
00:28
is a, quote, housing employee said they have Narcan, but it's too scared to go into the tent to give it to him. He'll wave down fire. 53 who is responding as well. Wilson and Marine at the homeless encampment, please. I'll have someone meet you there. 99. Anyone else on the way? 9-2.
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24. Clearforthone report. Lunch. Time due. 24. Time 4. Anyone north to ride with 1915 and overdose at the homeless and cam at Wilson and Marine? 6-1, Charlie. We're close by and we got our can, so we're going to go. Oh, great. Thanks, Charlie. Again, caller claims to be housing employee, but too scared to go into the tent.
01:24
and fire 53 roll in they're just given corner intersection wilson marine this one charlie can we get a better location is there a call head no and you know what fire has the same let me see yeah fire has exact same address wilson marine it says in a tent
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1515, you got a call back? 15, nobody there flagging you down. Let me see, fire's ticket. We do have a number. We'll try it.
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Location mentioned:
N Marine Dr & W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
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