Police pursue erratic Audi with intoxicated driver, Chicago IL
Police pursued a black Audi sedan without license plates driven by an intoxicated driver with multiple male occupants. The vehicle was driving erratically, including on the wrong side of the road, at high speeds, and attempted to run over people. The incident occurred near S Damen Ave and traveled through major Chicago streets and highways before continuing southbound on I-55.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
08:42
Transcript:
00:00
We were on the traffic stop. He kept going back and forth, up and down, Michigan, throwing gang signs at us. We tried to approach the vehicle. He took off.
00:07
The last location I have is going southbound, approaching roads about multiple heads. Just use caution. It would be easy.
00:14
Driving on the officer later.
00:19
All right for officer safety, a black Audi no plate, multiple occupants, throwing gang signs, last seen approaching Roosevelt and Michigan.
00:29
Driving on the opposite side.
00:34
I think that their Mardi's one is for trying to run over a couple of POs in the fourth district.
00:44
All right, ten point. One or two.
00:47
One or two, Sam.
00:50
Yeah, it was last seen going westbound on Roosevelt, about a minute.
00:58
I attend for that black Audi window place occupied multiple times with last seen headed westbound Roosevelt about a minute ago.
01:10
180 Ida. 180.
01:13
180.
01:15
Can you show us on a street stop on Michigan and Washington?
01:20
Michigan and Washington's 1-4.
01:24
46 Charlie for.
01:29
That Audi, was it a sedan or a SUV?
01:33
It's a black Audi, a sedan, no plate occupied a few times.
01:46
Tim, four, you can go that in our five. We'll see it, we'll let you know.
01:50
So far.
01:52
So far.
01:55
It was westbound, Roosevelt, and west?
01:58
From Michigan.
02:04
So fix, Eddie, that already is going west, down on 18th Street's middle, right, on Clark going north from 18th Street.
02:13
At that black Audi window place, westbound on 18, just made a right on Clark.
02:18
He headed north.
02:21
6.083, 40-down.
02:26
10-4[1].
02:32
6-4. 3614 and about...
02:36
Charlie 1.104. Charlie 1.104.
02:41
7-6-1-day-down-and-toe.
02:47
Unit coming in. We had to run all roll the boat going east.
02:50
Hey.
02:52
We were just dropping off the rest of the station,
02:55
and some gray, Audi, no plates, four male occupants in the car, just rolled up to us, and they're going eastbound on Roosevelt and Clark, driving erratically just for officer safety.
03:10
102-7, it just passed, looks like State Street continuing going on in Roosevelt, but just tried to run over two people in the intersection.
03:20
approaching LSD.
03:22
All right, turn for that. Audi with no plates last seen at State and Roosevelt just tried to run over two people. They're approaching LSD.
03:36
They were looking for an informant right here.
03:40
The driver is heavily intoxicated for our safety.
03:48
All right, the driver for that Audi, sedan, no plate, is heavily intoxicated. It's occupied four times by four male occupants.
03:57
Are you guys cutting each other out where you want?
04:08
The trucker vehicle. Before we topple on, 17,
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2,
04:14
270.
04:16
7541 boy.
04:19
7541 boy.
04:21
Squad, we see that vehicle. We're on LFCA, coming up on the I-55 ramp.
04:28
It's a gray Audi sedan with heavy damage to the rear, no license plate, driving erratically.
04:36
It just got off on the I-55 ramp. I was going towards the I-59 ramps.
04:46
7541, notify speak.
04:49
All right, we'll give him a call.
04:54
All right, Audi.
04:59
All right, that was 7541 boy. You said you're all good, right?
05:04
7544, yes, but we were on the traffic stop on the off ramp on LSD. That vehicle is still going off on the 994 towards Wisconsin,
05:18
still driving erratically. It's the helicopter.
05:23
We'll go ahead and send a message to citywide running the helicopter.
05:27
And as far as, um, Audi, is it black or gray? I'm getting two different colors here.
05:33
Letting out.
05:34
Alright,
05:37
it's for a black Audi no plate.
05:39
It was last seen going on the 994 towards Wisconsin.
05:47
$199. 199.
05:48
$199.
05:50
Squad, does that unit pursue the vehicle or are they just following behind?
05:56
41 Boy was on a traffic stop.
06:00
41 Boy, can you confirm? Were you following that vehicle?
06:03
7.5, 401 Boy, Squad, we lost sight of it. We don't know if it took the offramp to I-55 Southbound. Give us a second, squad.
06:14
We got it. They're going to have transit unit here.
06:16
Give us a minute. No.
06:24
754, boy squad.
06:26
We are on I-55 approaching Damon.
06:28
We have eyes on it.
06:30
It is in the far left lane.
06:33
We're coming up now on Damon, still going south on I-55.
06:38
The Audi with no bumper and no license plate.
06:46
I attend 4.41 boy has eyes on that Audi coming up on Damon.
06:52
No bumper, no plate. It's on the I-55 coming up to Damon.
07:01
41 Boy, are you following?
07:05
We see it from a distance spot, but it's still driving at a high rate of speed, but there's criminal traffic right now.
07:13
We chose past Damon.
07:15
It's still going southbound on the far-west lane.
07:18
All right on for that. Audi is still going southbound.
07:23
Just passed up Damon from the R-55 is in the far left lane.
07:29
41 Boys seen the vehicle from a distance.
07:34
I have... I think pH might have eyes. He doesn't say Wyn85.
07:42
Sunforce.
07:44
P.H.1 up.
07:48
Uniceminine.
07:50
Is pH 1 up?
07:51
Is pH 1 up?
07:57
I believe so.
08:00
PH2, I believe, was on air, page 2 on Zone 4.
08:04
Okay.
08:10
Is that you don't have an update on this?
08:12
Are there lights activated or are they just tailing behind with their lights off? What's going on?
08:18
41 Boy, can you confirm?
08:21
Squad, we lost sight of it. We are stopped on I-55 right before the... right before the Cadbury.
08:29
All right. That's on 4.
08:31
PH2.
08:32
We have eyes we're transmitting on it. Citywide 85.
08:34
All right, we're going to stay on Citywide 85.
08:38
He's coming up to Cicero.
08:39
I-55 outbound coming up to Cicero, right in the left shoulder.
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