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| Police have Clark Street closed |
This was also right in front of the Chicago Public Library where some of the Rogers Park Baby Wrangler's group were meeting. A notice went out on Facebook. Parents were scared to go outside. The library was full of kids.
Evidence markers are spotted in the intersection of Farwell and Clark, along with a black car with Wisconsin plates. Witnesses say the person hit was walking along side Keith "Bang da Hitta" Hayer.
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| Crime scene with evidence markers |
Bang was not hit.
The person is not seriously wounded and was transported to St. Frances Hospital in Evanston. Police are investigating.
UPDATE #1: "24-year-old man was shot in the 1700 block of West Farwell Avenue about 1:30 p.m., said Police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney.
The man was shot in the left calf and his condition had been stabilized at Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Sweeney said." Source: Chicago Tribune
UPDATE #2: Alderman Moore's statement on Everyblock. "I just got off the phone with Commander Waldera. The victim allegedly is a known gang member affiliated with the ICG gang. He suffered a minor graze wound to the calf of his leg and will survive. The victim was walking with an alleged leader of the ICG gang whenhe was shot by someone in a passing car. The shooting took place on Farwell immediately west of Clark.
The Commander has deployed additional resources to the immediate area including members of the CPD's Gang Crimes Unit."
Statement from Aldermanic Candidate Don Gordon: "There needs to be a short and long term strategy to rid the community of the gangs and to deny these gangs access to recruiting kids from our schools. In the next coming weeks I'm going to be posting on my new web site a strategy to do just that. Our alderman has had 24 years to work with numerous commanders in our district and has failed miserably in providing the support and leadership needed to help our police stem the tide of gang infiltration into Rogers Park. I believe we deserve a lot better than what this alderman has done over the years."
7 comments:
It was not fire crackers. Joe Lake
Craig, do not try to co-opt the Baby Wranglers of East Rogers Park (BWERP for short) in order to add fuel to the fire on an already awful story. You couldn't even get the name of the group correct in your post.
I scanned through our group's discussions today and there was NOT a Wranglers event, gathering, or group of parents meeting together at the library today. There was discussion of the shooting and concerns that people were nearby. So, wrong again on that count.
ANY shooting in our neighborhood is unacceptable, and we all need to be a part of solutions to the recent uptick. However, you need not cite a group that is one of the most active, energetic, and engaged-in-the-community groups you will find in any Chicago neighborhood. Trust me, the Wranglers are organizing and seeking out (and calling on the powers-that-be for) solutions.
We won't be used to add fuel to the fire.
My Q&A with a Baby Wrangler, who chooses to remain anonymous:
Me: "Know anything about the conversation with the Baby Wranglers and the Clark St shooting this afternoon?"
BW: "Just what I saw on my timeline. Parents freaked about being scared to run errands. The library was full of kids."
There was a discussion of the incident, as there often is. It was never mentioned that some of the parents were actually there.
We just moved into the neighborhood couple months ago. This is pretty disturbing. We heard the shots from our living room.
Move.....its not gunna get better.....no matter how angry and determined or fed up you get it wont get better......radio stations, social media, prison stockholders, government have too much staked in this for it to be solved.......the radio pushes drill music or gang music to influence all gang bangers to persue fame violently....the more violent ur life and music are the more you get rewarded. This is breeding a new star each month in chicago with a wake of death. This keeps prisons full, stockholders pockets full, and corruption very lucritive.....you might as well move....cus until corruptions weeded out it will only get worse
Thank you, Josh Frank.
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