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School lockdown after report of gun possession at Lawrence HallChicago IL

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Near N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

A 15-year-old male was reported to have a gun at Lawrence Hall school, leading to a lockdown. Police searched but found no weapon. Staff confirmed no one saw a gun; the concern was raised based on third-party information from earlier that day.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
05:11
Transcript:
00:00
Units in 20 in the citywide we're getting a person with a gun over at Lawrence Hall for near Francisco Ave, saying that male (name withheld)'s 15-year-old, has a gun at school, got the whole school on lockdown.
00:10
He is wearing a white hoodie blue jeans, baby blue air for its ones, currently standing by the double door to the cafeteria.
00:16
Nothing further is 11th clear.
00:23
205, getting clears from all the rest of these things we were on, I'm sure is heading there.
00:31
What do you want me to code the EMS?
00:36
We were able to get them to get up and walk away, so that's a 19-pull.
00:40
All right, got you guys going to land.
00:49
024. It shows are no sign.
00:53
24. I got you guys going. Thank you.
01:00
012.
01:03
012.
01:05
Excuse me from dropping off that deceased form.
01:09
Do they need more people to go to the Lorenzo? Um,
01:15
they have two 10-4[1] units going, but if you want to take a ride, why not? The more than marrying out.
01:22
9.
01:23
Okay,
01:24
and again, guys,
01:26
again, this is (name withheld), 15-year-old male. Looks like he is by the double doors to the cafeteria,
01:32
white, hoodie, blue jeans, and baby blue Air Force ones.
01:42
46-1, Charlie.
01:45
6-1, Charlie. 6-1, Charlie.
01:48
Can you put that Lawrence Hall down in our box? Go ahead, stay away.
01:52
10-4[1], thank you.
01:58
Zero, six one thing you can say.
02:01
(name withheld), thank you. All right guys, new in 20. We've got a battery in progress over at near Department 3, Sam on the 3.
02:09
Anonymous caller says that people are fighting.
02:11
No further.
02:16
Everyone,
02:17
go ahead and they want to talk to?
02:21
104.
02:23
2440
02:24
2440
02:26
Can you throw a horse? I'll take my box.
02:33
10-4[1].
02:35
6-1, (name withheld),
02:37
4. 6-1, (name withheld).
02:38
6-1, (name withheld)?
02:46
You came in shoppy, try again.
02:49
It is a 15-year-old male (name withheld).
02:57
It looks like he's wearing a white hoodie, blue jeans, and baby blue Air Force ones.
03:06
And then again, the most recent call said that he was standing by the double doors to the cafeteria.
03:12
No more units needed.
03:14
Lawrence Hall would be good.
03:15
All right, guys.
03:17
So we're getting a, no more units needed.
03:19
Lawrence Hall, near Francisco Ave.
03:21
If you're not there, don't go.
03:28
PH1 and zone 11.
03:33
PH1. PH1.
03:35
Yeah, what was it, a description over there at St.
03:38
Lawrence?
03:39
It's a male, and he's wearing a white hoodie, blue jeans, and baby blue Air Force ones.
03:49
All right, time for a world overlooking.
03:52
Bye.
03:56
Two,
03:57
four or six one,
03:59
(name withheld). Four is six one, (name withheld).
04:02
Yeah, so we go to Palomami Parkshire, please.
04:05
Had a lot of me ten floor.
04:08
How do you want to chart? How many six one charted with that flow?
04:14
Just one, Charlie, go.
04:17
But the kids already stick the hall, they already checked him, there's no weapon at Robb. So here it takes clear, disregard in the other U.S.
04:24
All right guys, again, we are getting a total disregard over at Lawrence Hall. They already checked (name withheld) and he does not have a weapon on him. Everything's clear.
04:36
All right. Five.
04:39
Five.
04:40
Five.
04:43
I don't know if you get any updates.
04:45
For the staff, no one saw him with a gun while he was standing by the door. They said they thought he might have a gun because of third-party information from earlier in the day hours and hours ago.
04:56
But there was no weapon displayed on this event.
05:01
They already took him back in.
05:04
All right, again,
05:05
guys, staff did not see a gun on him. It was from third-party info hours ago. Again, no weapon was displayed.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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Location mentioned:
Near N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
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Incident Timeline

  1. Total Disregard Issued; No Weapon Found
  2. Situation De-escalates
  3. Further Descriptions and Confirmation
  4. School Lockdown Initiated
  5. Initial Report of Armed Juvenile

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