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Gunfire Early Evening Monday in South Wrigley


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(Jan. 5, 2015) -- Information from reliable South Wrigley neighborhood sources -- with results consistent with what LBPD confirms -- indicate that gunfire flew in South Wrigley and a person was struck at late afternoon-early evening Monday (Jan. 5.)

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From Jan. 1, 2014 to present: Red Xs=murders; Blue Xs=shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs=shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial for shootings in area shown.

Residents in the vicinity of the 1900 block between Magnolia and Daisy Avenues say they heard five to six shots, saw a medium size truck speed down an alley, strike a telephone pole, fence and a neighbor's small truck (with a person inside)...and the truck's occupants fled up the alley.

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LBPD Public Information Officer Marlene Arrona says that about 5:00 p.m. officers were dispatched to a shots call with a traffic collision in the area of the 1900 block of Magnolia Ave. and found an abandoned stolen vehicle which had been involved in a collision. LBPD says witnesses reported seeing the occupants of the stolen vehicle fleeing on foot.

PIO Arrona says officers didn't locate any shooting victim at the scene BUT a shooting victim walked into a local hospital with a gunshot wound, which appears to be non-life-threatening and the victim is in stable condition.

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LBPD says its investigation is ongoing.



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