LBPD Says "Two Groups" Walking In South Wrigley (Hill/Earl, 6th dist.) Have "Altercation," Shots Fired, Vehicles Damaged, No Persons Hit
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(Jan. 27, 2019, 8:25 a.m.) -- LBPD says shots were fired in the 3 p.m. hour Saturday (Jan. 26) in a South Wrigley neighborhood (Hill/Earl, 6th Council district) but additional information is sketchy after two groups (who? how many?) engaged in an "altercation" (over what?) Two vehicles were hit by the gunfire, although no persons were struck.
In preliminary information, LBPD Public Information Officer/Detective Jennifer Arzola tells LBREPORT.com that at about 3:22 p.m., officers were sent to the area of Hill Street/Earl Avenue regarding a shots call and found two vehicles hit by gunfire. A preliminary investigation indicates an altercation occurred between two groups walking in the area and an unidentified male suspect shot at a group of unidentified males.
The victims and the suspects both fled on foot. No persons were reported injured although some persons now own bullet-damaged vehicles.
LBPD's preliminary information didn't offer a motive for the shooting and the investigation is on-going.
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Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in NLB.
For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017.
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