Footage released of group wanted in Loop shooting
Chicago police have released video footage of a group wanted in connection with a shooting over the weekend in the Loop.
The shooting Sunday stemmed from a robbery during a drug deal at a Taco Bell in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue around 5 p.m., according to Chicago police.
Video shows a male wearing a red, white and blue Phillies jacket and another wearing a Boston Red Sox hat and a black puffy coat entering the Taco Bell along with a third male.
Soon after, three more males enter the restaurant, approach the pair, then leave.
According to police, the two groups met there, and someone “implied a weapon” and robbed the others.
Seconds later, the video shows the males in the Phillies jacket and black puffy coat running out after the others.
“The people who were robbed took out a firearm and started discharging at the individuals who took something from them,” Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan told reporters at a Monday news conference.
Gunfire struck a 55-year-old stagehand at the Nederlander Theater, heading out for a dinner break, and a 27-year-old walking with his girlfriend. Both were “unintended targets,” according to Deenihan.
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Three Detectives at 312-744-8263.
Sun-Times Wire
Firearm taken from Oak Park and River Forest student ‘self-manufactured’: police
A firearm taken from an 18-year-old Oak Park River Forest High School student was a “self-manufactured” and unmarked “ghost gun” loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition,
authorities said Wednesday.
Keyon Robinson was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the school at 201 N. Scoville Ave. by officers responding to a tip, according to Oak Park spokesman Erik Jacobsen.
He was charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and his bail was set at $500,000 on Wednesday. Police did not give a motive for Robinson carrying the gun and declined to release additional information about the case.
Parents were alerted to the arrest by school principal Lynda J. Parker, who assured them that “everyone is safe, and school operations were not interrupted.” She urged parents to “please emphasize to your children the importance of telling a school official if they believe there is a weapon at school.”
Ghost guns are firearms that have not been issued a commercial serial number and are not traceable.