Police respond to armed offender in apartment near 79th St, Chicago IL


Police responded to reports of an armed offender in an apartment building near West 79th Street. Officers coordinated to secure the building, deployed shields, and shut down traffic on 79th Street while monitoring the situation.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
02:58
Transcript:
00:00
All right, the sound is distorted, but I had third floor west, Cis 95, saying that's where the offender is going to be, and you see the light on an apartment.
00:11
We have any units with Cis 95? Since 95, do you have a shield?
00:19
We're going to go to you and for a heck.
00:23
15 a.m., I'm going to wait with it.
00:26
No shield.
00:28
No shield, no shield.
00:33
6.30 Adam. I have the shield.
00:35
I'm like,
00:36
blocking up now.
00:38
Like, 630 Adam is walking up.
00:39
He has a shield on 695.
00:42
3rd floor apartment.
00:46
He said West apartment on top.
00:49
He said West, 79th clarification West apartment, near West 79th Street.
00:56
Go ahead.
00:58
6'10. Get my units out here that aren't directly trying to make contact here, shut down 79th Street.
01:18
All units shut down...
01:20
We've got a male female that came out that apartment out the rear.
01:25
Again, all units that's not at that building, shut down 79th Street, East and West, shut down 79th Street.
01:32
And we got a male and female edging in an apartment through the rear.
01:36
Oh, they already exited.
01:38
We had the ones that changed.
01:41
Is this supposed to be another person in that apartment?
01:48
All right now are they coming from the third floor apartment in the rear?
01:53
There is no third technically at the second floor.
01:56
It's the garden first floor and the second floor.
02:00
Garden first floor and the second floor from that apartment.
02:04
So it has to be the second floor with the light on and they came from the rear.
02:09
And again, units shut down 79 straight, first is 10.
02:13
Let me know when you're...
02:14
Oh, 271 is about to shut down westbound traffic.
02:20
6701 is shutting down westbound traffic on 79th Street.
02:24
All right, we got someone shutting down eastbound traffic on 79th Street.
02:37
Any units that's not at that building needs to shut down that traffic.
02:41
We already got 671 shutting down westbound traffic.
02:43
I need a unit to go over there and shut down that eastbound traffic on 79th Street.
02:49
630 Adams on his way.
02:50
He's jumping in his car.
02:53
It's starting on to.
02:56
And 662 Adam for your name real quick.
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Location mentioned:
Near W 79th St, Chicago, IL 60620
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