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Deputies respond to possible threat near Cottage Grove

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
01:23
00:00
Getting a suspicious person, (number withheld) S Cottage Grove Ave.
audio iconSuspicious Activity
S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60619
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police were dispatched to a store on South Cottage Grove Avenue after reports that a man repeatedly visited with a knife and threatened employees. The caller, a store employee, took refuge in the back of the store. It is unclear if the man was armed at the time officers responded.

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