A man was shot in the left calf Monday afternoon across the street from the office of 46th Ward Alderman james Cappleman. Police say the shooting took place around 2:20 p.m. in the 4500 block of North Broadway. In a statement, Cappleman says the shooter fired three shots, missing his target and hitting another man in the calf.
Prediction: Broadway between Montrose and Lawrence will be blanketed with cops on ATVs for the next several weeks.
Alderman Proco Joe Moreno has introduced an ordinance to City Council, aimed at easing problems within the Chicago Police Department in handling transgender detainees.
The Chicago Police Department says it's responding faster to 911 calls because Supt. Garry McCarthy has moved nearly 1,000 officers to street patrols from citywide crime-fighting units and desk jobs. The average response for a priority-one call was 3.46 minutes during the first two months of 2012, and 4 minutes for the same period last year.
Barry and Spaulding is Ground Zero in the Chicago Police Department’s all-out war on the Maniac Latin Disciples. One gang member made it clear Police Supt. Garry McCarthy’s call to “obliterate” the gang was not just cop bravado. The unwanted police attention has driven gang members off the street corners where they sell drugs and has kept rivals from claiming the turf.
