Male suspect assaulting homeless near Clark and Cermak, Chicago IL


A male suspect assaulted homeless individuals under a viaduct near Clark and Cermak streets in Chicago. The suspect struck the victims and may be linked to a prior incident reported on Michigan Avenue and a disturbance at 80 East Cermak. Officers were unable to locate the suspect or victims at the scene.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
03:17
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, so you said that was Clark and Cermak?
00:04
Yeah, Clark and Cermak.
00:10
Are we got anyone else?
00:13
Negative.
00:14
And I already checked the ninth of checkboard and I don't see anything on their board.
00:22
We're also letting know the... We'll call back.
00:26
Yeah, we could try a callback.
00:33
2811. 2811.
00:34
1811. 1811.
00:37
Should we go in this station to order this tow, ma'am?
00:41
Ten, four, I've got to go into the district to order a toll.
00:50
One-tenth.
00:51
One-tenth.
00:53
My PDT's not working. Why am I going to the cell and what?
00:57
The song wacker.
01:01
All right, I know.
01:07
112, give a complete disregard[2] here.
01:09
All right, 10-4[1], once I was given a complete disregard[2], a complete disregard on white ground on the cell.
01:18
Where's the minute?
01:22
Dragon?
01:27
12. 12. 12.
01:31
Yes, so I spoke with a caller. It's a third-party caller.
01:35
They say that the person already left, the distance didn't happen about 20 minutes ago.
01:40
I couldn't find a victim on scene yet.
01:43
So almost like it's going to be a caller.
01:45
Just ahead and so.
01:47
All right, ten four.
01:53
32.
01:54
32. 132.
01:57
Did, uh, one or two, Sam. See where this guy went.
02:01
No one off of Sam, do you have any updates?
02:05
The negative, huh?
02:06
The negative.
02:11
One of two,
02:13
Sam, for those evens that were there on Cermak and then Clark.
02:16
Was this guy robbing the homeless people under the Viaduct?
02:22
Yeah, that's what it reads.
02:25
131.331.
02:27
I spoke to one of the people in the scene, they said that he just walked up and then he was striking them, and it sounds like it's the same guy from our previous call over there in Michigan. All right.
02:37
Sounds like it's the same guy from over in Michigan.
02:45
And then 31,
02:47
31 question,
02:50
because we also did have this disturbance over at 80 East Cermak.
02:54
That came out, I believe, a little bit before.
02:58
No, that came out after that assault in progress, but that ticket reads male black dark complexed with locks, right now black.
03:04
He's going in and out of the store. He was there yesterday.
03:07
Is that also related to that assault in progress?
03:12
99th, why it sounds like it, same description.
03:15
All right, I'll go ahead and do put in then.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
[2]
disregard: Cancel the assignment or instruct units to stand down.
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Location mentioned:
S Clark St & W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
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