Nobody reported gunfire when robbers shot a man in a West Side park last night; family raises money for woman found slain Saturday

CHICAGO — A person who was shot throughout a theft in a West Aspect park on Sunday night time sought assist by strolling to a close-by fuel station. However, information present no one referred to as 911 to report the pictures, which had been fired in an space beforehand served by the town’s ShotSpotter community.

Police stated the 48-year-old was in Horan Park within the 3000 block of West Van Buren when two armed males confronted him round 8 p.m. They demanded his property and shot him within the again, based on CPD. The lads fled on foot with out getting something from the sufferer, who was listed in honest situation.

After being shot, the person made his strategy to the Marathon service station, 340 South Sacramento, to get assist. Officers traced the sufferer’s blood path again to the park, however they had been unable to find any shell casings, which may very well be priceless proof for investigators. ShotSpotter know-how made it simpler to find casings as a result of it pinpointed the gunfire location on a map that officers may reference.

Ald. Jason Ervin (twenty eighth) represents the neighborhood round Horan Park. He was certainly one of solely 14 Chicago aldermen to vote this month in opposition to a measure that would have prolonged ShotSpotter’s contract. He was outspoken in his opposition to renewing the deal.

“We obtained to cease enjoying chess, and never checkers, as a result of this kind of know-how continues to drive neighborhood, away from what must occur, and that’s engagement with the police division,” Ervin stated earlier than casting his “no” vote, WTTW reported.

In one other growth, the household of a lady who was discovered fatally shot in a South Aspect alley on Saturday morning has launched a GoFundMe to assist pay her funeral bills.

A neighbor referred to as 911 round 9:30 a.m. Saturday to report {that a} lady had been mendacity in the identical spot in his alley behind the 9500 block of South Avenue N since at the very least the day earlier than, based on police dispatch information. Responding officers found the girl, 19-year-old Sierra Evans, had been fatally shot. Shell casings had been mendacity subsequent to her. Nobody reported the pictures that killed Evans.

Like Horan Park, the 9500 block of South Avenue N was served by the town’s ShotSpotter community till, on the orders of Mayor Brandon Johnson, the corporate’s contract expired final week.

Evans’ uncle, Mark Abrams, established a GoFundMe to assist cowl the sudden funeral bills.

“We try to boost the cash to bury her and put her within the floor in order that she will be able to relaxation in peace,” Abrams wrote in his on-line plea. “Any amount of cash would assist us at the moment.”

His efforts had raised $865 of an $8,000 aim as of Monday morning.

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