Shots Fired, Area LB Blvd./20th St., Allegedly Aimed At A Security Guard After A Dispute...And The Shots Miss Him

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(Sept. 17, 2015, 12:50 a.m.) -- Residents in the eastern part of the Wrigley district reported hearing gunfire in the 9:00 p.m. hour on Wednesday (Sept. 16)...and they were right.

LBPD overnight Watch Commander Lt. Jeff Berkenkamp tells LBREPORT.com that at about 9:19 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a person with a gun, and received other calls of shots being fired. When officers arrived, they learned that a dispute had occurred between a security guard at a business and another person...and as that person (now a suspect) was seen leaving in an SUV, the security guard indicates the suspect allegedly fired shots in his direction. The shots missed the security guard and didn't hit anyone else (a "no hit" shooting.).

Lt Berkenkamp says the suspect is described as a man (adult) in his 40s; the vehicle in which he drove off was a light colored SUV.

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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 murders to date; Blue Xs=2014 and 2015 shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= 2014 and 2015 shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in NLB.