Man fires gunshots into air then detained in Chicago, Chicago IL


A man wearing a beige track suit, light gym shoes, and hair tied back fired gunshots into the air near 75th Street and Blackstone Avenue. He went back inside an apartment and came out again. Police tracked and detained him at the northeast corner of 75th and Blackstone near a bus stop and auto shop. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
07:18
Transcript:
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3-220 Eddie.
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I'm right here. I didn't undo the shots, but I heard them.
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There's multiple people out here.
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Does he have anything further? I don't see anyone shot yet.
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These tracks, suit, light-colored, gym shoes,
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braided hair, tied back.
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If he didn't have a black, um, do it.
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Looking at now.
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It's pulling off right now.
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It's going westbound on 75th.
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Eddie Sam 32099, 32099.
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Eddie Sam. I'm sorry.
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You know, it looks like you went back inside that building.
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All right, it looks like a fender went back into the building.
00:35
That's 15, 18, 75.
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Give me that description one more time.
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Hold on, bass track suit, light color gym shoes, hair tied back, white t-shirt.
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That vehicle's going south on, I'm down here from 75th Street.
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I'm not, I'm just following it.
00:48
All right, not following it, but the mail went back into the building.
00:52
So 3027 just confirmed, mail went back in the building, he didn't go into that car.
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We're playing it back, but yeah, that's what it looks like he went back inside the building.
00:58
Okay, 5220 looks like the bail went back into the building, so he didn't go into the vehicle.
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221 is there clear that car is going westbound on 7-6
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All right, was the car related because 302 saying the offender did not get into that vehicle?
01:14
So I was passing by when the shots went off, and there were multiple people out there, but there was three or four people who got into this Buick, went through screaming and yelling,
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and they rolled off.
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They just pulled into the VP Amico at 76 in South Chicago.
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302 Sam, he was south down from 75th on Blackstone.
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All right, mail is left scene going southbound 75th on Blackstone, okay.
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Three, we're letting the 4th District know, 334, you cruise that also?
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3.340, you put a gun back here.
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And did you see where he had the gun? Should we do one more time, sir.
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The M1 bass track suit, light-colored gym shoes, white shirt, and his hair was tied back.
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All right, I'm going to chew over on blackstone.
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I got you, 234 is also head not wearing.
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302 Sam, he's in the middle of 75th in Blackstone now, walking eastbound on the north side of 75th.
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All right, 75 in Blackstone over site Eastbound.
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Let me know if you've stopped.
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302 Sam for further info, he's walking towards the auto shop, northeast corner of 75th and Blackstone.
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Pedro. Walking towards the auto shop northeast corner.
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Hello? 302 Sam, we still have eyes.
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He's on the northeast corner by the bus stop now.
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By bus stop northeast corner.
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Bus stop northeast corner.
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There's some, uh, looks like there's some 4th District units over there also.
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Are coming that way.
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302 Sam, he's now on the south side of 75th Street.
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It looks like he's going westbound from Blackstone.
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Our south side of 75 is he going westbound.
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If it's a 20, any, uh, slabs pulling up on them right now.
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John Blackstone right now said he was going Weston on on 75.
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By they're pulling up on them right now, they have them to change.
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All right.
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There's a fourth district car that was going over by the BP.
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Are they okay? I'm second with those on now.
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332. 332. 332.
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Okay, 1615.
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1652 of them. Okay, 4th Districts letting me know that 414 is the one that has in the 10.
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3.22, 10 of all, I got you.
03:21
Hey, so what was the description given by 502 Sam?
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M1, Baytrak suit.
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With a beige track suit, white t-shirt, light color gym shoes, hair tied back behind his hat.
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One more time. Male 1, beige-track suit, white-colored gym shoes, white t-shirt underneath, locks tied back behind his head.
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It's on camera shooting into the air, people reacting, and then he goes back in the apartment before coming back out.
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One more time, one more time.
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Mail 1, beige track suits, light color gym shoes, white t-shirt, locks tied behind a setter, fire shots into the air, goes back into the apartment, comes back out.
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414, this is your zone?
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7. 4-1-4. We got that guy.
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Match the description detain right now.
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10-4[1]. Yours don't let me know you guys had him detained.
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They had a match, thank you.
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Tell them to pull down at 76 in South Chicago.
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Disregard over. If anyone else is going over, the 76 in South Chicago or 76 in Blackstone for that guy that was shooting in the air, you can disregard.
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They do have him detained. They don't even know more cars over.
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10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
E 75th St & S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60619
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