CHICAGO — What on this planet is happening within the 1600 block of West Howard? And why aren’t Chicago police and the native alderman fixing it?
For the second time in lower than every week, a surveillance digicam on Sunday captured footage of a gunman firing amongst a bunch of people that had been gathered on the road. Days earlier, two armed males engaged in a shootout on the similar location. That incident was additionally caught on digicam.
Whereas no accidents had been reported within the two newest incidents, a person was murdered — executed, actually— on the similar location earlier this yr.
The newest confrontation occurred round 3:34 a.m. Sunday. The video exhibits two teams standing on reverse sides of Howard Road: three folks on the north facet and a bigger group on the south facet.
The trio walks throughout the road, with one of many males gesturing broadly as he walks towards the opposite group. As he approaches, he seems to confront a member of the opposing group. Then every thing goes sideways.
The person he appeared to confront pulls out a gun and begins taking pictures. The group scatters as extra pictures are fired. The person, who had made wild gestures whereas crossing the road, collapsed onto the sidewalk as he tried to flee. He will get up, stumbles, and falls once more because the gunman runs away, heading north on Paulina.
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Round 10:25 p.m. final Monday, September 30, a shootout on the similar location left bullet holes in automobiles and shattered home windows in enterprise storefronts. Once more, no accidents had been reported.
The video from final week begins with two males standing beside a motorbike on the high of the display, on the mouth of an alley. A 3rd man approaches from the left. The following shootout will contain the approaching man and the person standing within the alley subsequent to the wall.
When the approaching man, who’s gripping his proper waistband, will get inside about 15 or 20 toes of the alley, the primary gunman pulls out a firearm and begins taking pictures at him.
The meant goal rapidly turns and runs for canopy behind parked automobiles on the other facet of Howard Road. Down the road, many individuals will be seen working for security as pictures are fired.
Sparks fly off Howard Road as bullets strike the pavement, one after one other.
As quickly because the would-be sufferer emerges on the sidewalk behind parked automobiles, a gun is already seen in his palms. He fires shot after shot on the preliminary gunman, who has both fallen or taken cowl behind the bicycle on the mouth of the alley.
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On June 17, a gunman shot and killed a 38-year-old man on the similar location on Howard Road. Because the sufferer in that case entered Howard Road, a hooded gunman quietly emerged from the alley behind him. When he reached the yellow strains in the midst of Howard Road, the gunman sprinted from the alley and shot him at point-blank vary within the head. The sufferer died on the scene.
The assassin ran again into the alley and fled in the identical route because the preliminary shooter in final week’s gunfight. (Video, discretion strongly suggested.)
Neither the homicide nor any of the latest taking pictures incidents have resulted in any arrests.
