Just in: part of more than 30 videos released this morning by @COPA_Chicago related to the "exchange of gunfire" resulting in the death of Dexter Reed last month. (Graphic)

NOTE: This is a segment of the video. The full video and all COPA materials are available here:

chicagocopa.org/case/2024-0003… Background:

cwbchicago.com/2024/04/videos…

Now: A hit-and-run party bus struck "they're saying 15 cars" at Broadway and Roscoe. And it's now on the Drive at Addison.

#Chicago #Scanner ...Caller says he is pursuing the party bus and it's still striking vehicles.

"It's a white party bus" that has a black stripe and "limousines" on the side of it.

#Chicago #ChicagoScanner

Also known as the Water Tower Place strategy.

https://twitter.com/samjcharles/status/1525932084874952706

...This "plan" demonstrates the city's inability or unwillingness to address the actual problem.

The problem is a small number of violent people who come with large groups of young people with no ill intent.

Working to verify video of The Bean shooting. If legitimate, the scenario is different from what we may have all been thinking. ...in the video, a male wearing a ski mask has his hands in his hoodie as a bystander is heard saying, "he got a 30."

Another male jumps on the ski mask-wearing male's back, knocking him forward and down. A sound similar to a muffled gunshot is heard.

The Chicago Reader thinks it has identified secret ShotSpotter devices (blue). We can say this unequivocally: After monitoring CPD radio traffic in the green-circled areas for nearly 9 years, we have NEVER heard a ShotSpotter dispatch there. ...The reader FOIAed repair orders from Motorola to build their list of secret ShotSpoters. Perhaps Motorola also repairs other non-ShotSpotter devices like traffic monitoring equipment and pods?

Felony bond court highlight —

A woman with no criminal history is found in a stolen BMW with a pistol, extended mag, loaded rifle, $84,000 cash in a backpack, $1,500 in her purse, and 31 pounds of pot.

Defense atty: She's a college senior on scholarship studying business mgmt ...Defense attorney: She was studying photography but "realized her life would have more opportunities if she pursued a business degree."

Lori finally figured out that she can't send the police department home without becoming politically responsible for whatever happens on the streets.

Again, given her lack of foresight, sometimes it is very hard to believe that she was a high-level attorney in private practice.

https://twitter.com/RLopez15thWard/status/1448738009667432450

....Reading for comprehension is not a common skill set among Twitter users.

Now: Something heavy seems to be going down at 2650 North Lakeview adjacent to Lincoln Park.

#Chicago #ChicagoScanner ...Reports of shots fired and a jumper.

#Chicago #ChicagoScanner

You may be reading about 5 men who prosecutors refused to charge after a gang-related gunfight left 1 dead and 2 injured Friday.

Here's the video. You won't believe it. #Chicago ...For the critics who are saying the police "did nothing," it's worth noting that they drove into the middle of a gunfight, seemingly protected a fallen man, and arrested five suspects.

That's a whole lot of "nothing."

And, now, the call of a person shot at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner ...2 victims, apparently from the 17th District (Albany Park) per sergeant at Masonic.

#Chicago #ChicagoScanner

I suspect many people would be surprised to hear how common it is for Cook County judges to release men accused of violent sexual assaults or serial sexual assaults on relatively low bail and sometimes without electronic monitoring.

https://twitter.com/Ashlee_Rezin/status/1413589096526659589

...Not long ago, we published a story after one such man was sentenced to prison. He spent years sending email threats about our initial story and even managed to get a juicy federal PPP loan while on bond.

Cop: A large crowd of teenagers running toward Michigan Avenue at Washington. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago ..."They're starting to throw objects at our squad car."
#ChicagoScanner #Chicago

Now: A Cook County State's Attorney gave a description of what police bodyworn camera footage shows in the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29.... (1/6) ...ASA James Murphy, in filing charges against a man who was allegedly with Toledo gave the following presentation. Toledo is referred to as the "victim" because the man is charged with the endangerment of a child resulting in death... (2/6)

Bond court viewers note: Ruben Roman, charged with gun possession by a felon, shooting a gun, and child endangerment for alleged actions leading up to police pursuit and then shooting of Adam Toledo, is the FIRST male on today's case list. Link:

youtube.com/channel/UCFWc8… ...Court starts at 12:30. Typically, there are some formalities followed by defendants who have private attorneys, followed by female defendants (5 of those today), followed by males. Typically.

Cop: "There's, like, SIX cars [protesting]. Stop giving them attention."

Dispatcher: "I agree."

Cop2: "Amen, brother."
#ChicagoScanner #Chicago ...Welp, the cop is overruled by the 18th District captain.

Tactical units, special op units, and others now being sent to Chestnut and Wabash to start ticketing "about 12" cars that have stopped in the intersection.
#ChicagoScanner #Chicago

This guy is now appearing in violence bond court:

https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1380548840756031489

...Police found the victim dead in the kitchen after a neighbor reported the "smell of death." Body was wrapped and covered in various products like pet odor deodorant. The victim and accused were "squatters" who could not be evicted due to COVID rules.

NOW:

Jushawn Brown, the man who was driving the car in which 21-month-old Kayden Swann was riding when the boy was shot during a road rage conflicted on LSD this week, is on deck in bond court.... ...Police allegedly found him in possession of a firearm at Northwestern Memorial Hospital where Kayden was initially taken. CWB reported today that police say they found the gun after Brown's girlfriend (Kayden's grandma) told cops he was carrying...

Escape court —

Man's charged with escaping electronic monitoring.

Defense: He was returning home from authorized travel to work when someone was shot and killed outside his house and someone threw a Molotov cocktail into his home... ...The man called the sheriff to say he couldn't stay in his house and was driving to the jail to turn himself in when deputies arrested him after tracking him down via GPS...

Now: A call of a man shot inside a car near the field house inside Humboldt Park. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago ..."It's bonafide. Roll an ambulance." #ChicagoScanner #Chicago

Now: Person shot at Lake and Lower Wacker. One caller says someone shot at a vehicle and the driver crashed into a wall on Lower Wacker. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago ...And the 1st District is already trying to push this over into the 18th District. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago

Now: A security guard is shot, lying in the street. 2400 West Jackson. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago ...CPD camera room says the officer's duty belt is on the ground with a firearm loose on the ground. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago