Sunday, November 7, 2010

Shots Fired on Pratt

Around Pratt and Ashland. Neighbor calls saying he heard 5 or 6 shots. Store owner at Pratt and Ashland says offenders fled west on Pratt.

More here.

22 comments:

Eeyore said...

Was at Pratt/Ashland intersection at around 2:05pm. Heard 2 shots. Saw a group of 5 or so youths flee.

Craig Gernhardt said...

Neighbor in the 1500 block of West Pratt (second floor) calls saying they've got a bullet in the wall.

I heart the R.P. said...

I'm just west of Ashland at Farwell. I heard the shots.

ProGun said...

I was at the lake about to head west when I heard the shots. Had all three kids with me so called Craig to try and find out the scoop. After talking with Craig we decided to head to Loyola and hang out till the the lead settled. As we stopped at the Common Cup 45 mins latter a number(10-15) of Red Hats gathered on the corners and began to call on Cell phones. The number of Red Hats grew to about 20 at the Chase parking lot Red Hat gathering spot.
Eventually they disbursed in smaller groups to all points NSEW.

Eeyore said...

BWalker, please explain what is a Red Hat. I don't think you're speaking of the society of women of a certain age to get together socially. Also, Chase Parking lot? What are the coordinates?

Thnx. E

yahoo said...

Wow, what great reporting. No time, no date other than the posting date, no information other than a link. What a fantastic "news" site this is!

Clark St. said...

They probably went & hid in the Living Waters church!
Those people are gang enablers. They go to the beat meetings, get up & say what nice misunderstood young people the gangs are made of & then head straight back & tell the gangs exactly what "horrible things" were said about them at the meeting!

And I second Eeyore, what is a Red Hat?
I assume it's a gang member, but what gang?

Craig Gernhardt said...

What happened? A shooting.

When? About 2:05Pm

Where? Ashland and Pratt area.

About all you need to know. Now you can move on.

Unknown said...

at 1pm yesterday I called the cops because there were alot of hoodlums in a pack at wayne and farwell, so this is before the shooting, yeah a couple redhats were there.

I always call when I see this kindof shenanigans because they looked like they were especially squirrely.

They (black gangbangers, the usual motley crew) were first chasing after some other blacks east bound on farwell, they then doublebacked and saw a silver car at wayne and farwell and one youth was pounding on the passenger side window pretty hard.

Then they disappeared into the ether, as they headed north on wayne towards Morse.

I called them twice because they were chasing some people and for pounding on the car.

But no one came by.
There was some sort of fire going on at the same time.

Unknown said...

date 11/7/10

date entry written and above entry written

Unknown said...

Oops I think I messed up,
In summation, this event shots fired occured yesterday 11/7/10
and my comments written 11/8/10

Heard about the fire on the news
and hear is a link to it

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2873972,55-displaced-fire-rogers-park-110710.article

Hopefully the building is still repairable, but alot of damage,
could smell the smoke and see it from my place.
fire was out at 1:50 pm

ProGun said...

Red hats are gang members that wear Red.
Chase parking lot is the Chase bank on Morse just West of the EL.

Chip Bagg said...

"Red Hats" are Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. As in Francis Cardinal George or Joseph Cardinal Bernadin. So a group of Cardinals are hanging out at Chase Bank on Morse? What next?

matt said...

I believe the 'red hats' would be the Black P Stones... but I could be wrong about that.

Taylor said...

Interesting. Assuming this was written about the shooting on Friday the 5th ... we had a different experience.

My husband was on the street at 5 pm when a group of youths gathered on Greenview, just north of Farwell. They looked suspicious because one was acting as a "lookout." 5 minutes after he parked, we heard the gunshots, probably 6 of them. I heard them from our apartment and soon my husband came in to tell me what he saw.

Unknown said...

11/10/10
Thats partly why I am on a almost daily mission to pick up trash.

I especially keep the greenview street picked up from farwell to morse, because I cant pick up the whole street and really thats the area that always needs it the most.
And litter makes them feel like they are at home.

And why do you think Im upset with the common cup? Because they wont help pick up trash....
Because that is a gang hotspot.


At the very least its good to show people that trash and litter wont be tolerated. I think its funny when people wont pickup trash in front of where they live or where their business is. No actually I think its sad.

Razldazlrr said...

I'm so sick of all these punks hanging around - too bad they can't just pack them all up and ship them out to some deserted island to fight it out. Although it is fun to walk through their pack with a couple of big dogs! They aren't quite so "manly" then! lol

Unknown said...

had to call 911 three times for hispanic gangbangers hanging out in front of 6921 n wayne tonight.

called act one to let them know
and i called tony of a and p whatever who owns the building to let them know as well that the brazers were hanging out.

they are gone now

11/10/10

Unknown said...

11/11/10

This am I see that there are some no parking signs by 1221 w pratt.

So methinks the cutting down of the dead tree is imminent.

Unknown said...

An emerging problem.

11/11/10

Brazers seen on wayne this afternoon. And perhaps other rival gang around too.

Called it in.
6921 is the problem building of the block once again,
Tony of A and P management or whatever is the guy to complain too. 773-279-6459.

I also let and will let actone cafe know about 6921 n wayne, because we are all neigbors and have to know whats going on.

Tons of liquor bottles in front of 6921 n wayne this am.

Razldazlrr said...

geofredo - good work! yep, we all need to complain and keep calling the police on these gangbangers just hanging around!

I'm with you on the trash - as I have said, after 10 years living on the near north side and then moving up here - the trash has driven me crazy. It's just such a different mentality than I'm used to - it's one of the issues that will eventually force me back to yuppieland.

Unknown said...

Nah, razldazlr,
i just pickup the trash,
the area will get better, its becoming more civilized.

Picking up trash for me
is easier than walking a dog.
And its less smelly too.

The gangbangers activity is ridiculous. And surprisingly persistent.

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