Man fleeing police with gun detained near Granville Red Line, Chicago IL
WeaponsA man armed with a gun fled from police near Granville Red Line in Chicago. He ran on the train tracks, discarded the weapon, and was later detained by officers. The weapon was recovered and a witness at a nearby Walgreens was asked for identification.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
08:38
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, 10-4[1]. For anyone responding to this person with the gun call, 16-121 North Broadway.
00:05
A male black curly here wearing a vest, about 30 years old. He's moving northbound on Broadway.
00:14
Yeah, when you gave that call on, I was at Sheridan and Granville. I came down Granville. I didn't see him unless the call took too long to get out, then maybe got on the red line, but I came straight down Granville to Broadway. Did not see him.
00:26
Okay.
00:31
Does the SSU room have anything?
00:37
They did not?
00:43
So if you see, I'll back it up and see if I can see him prior to.
00:48
Additionally, the camera at Thorndale and Broadway is currently down,
00:52
so I don't know if he went south at some point or not.
00:57
All right, thanks.
01:01
2406.
01:04
2406.
01:06
2406.
01:08
You said something about a vass, we're wearing camo pants, they said?
01:13
Yeah, camel pants, green cap, and also a black backpack. But he also mentioned a vest.
01:20
I got him on the platform at Granville.
01:27
He's on the Granville platform, 10-4[1], 24-202, Sam.
01:34
They should be bona fide. They were animated about that they see what you're on.
01:38
The same thing is stop the train. There's a lot of people I feel about myself.
01:44
These are going to run away from me on the tracks.
01:46
You know what I'm looking for them. I'm trying to show a roll it.
01:54
He's running a citywide, we got a person with a gun.
01:57
2406 got him in sight.
01:59
He's running, now he's running southbound on the red line tracks of the Grandville red light, male black, camouflage, army pants, green tank top, running southbound on the L, on the tracks.
02:10
406, Sam's got him on view. He hopped off the tracks.
02:14
He's hopping off the tracks.
02:16
He's going to go eastbound.
02:18
He's in the alley right now.
02:21
Eastbound in the alley, where did he jump off, 06?
02:24
Right at Grandville, just south of Grandville, he jumped off, I have no eyes. I'm not jumping that far.
02:31
Jumped off southbound, right by Granville. He went eastbound in the alley.
02:36
He jumped off male black,
02:38
camels, green, well, he's got a vest and a backpack. He's cautioned. He did have a gun.
02:46
Yeah, I got pointing incident too. I don't know it doesn't matter, but...
02:50
Okay, well, we put that down there.
02:52
24-06 pointing incident.
02:54
And are you off the track, search?
02:58
Yeah, I can hop it down there, airborne yesterday.
03:01
Okay, nobody else on the tracks. All right. All right, uh, he went, he jumped off, just, uh...
03:06
He went eastbound.
03:07
I'm there.
03:10
4-6 Adam, you're going over there, Ray?
03:13
Do anybody got him in sight? When he ran away from me, I thought I saw him throw the pistol on the tracks, so I'm going to try and grab that.
03:20
Once the train pulls away, I'll let you know.
03:23
Sorry,
03:24
should I shut, could I come back?
03:27
Yeah,
03:29
give me a second. Let me see if I could get a visual on it. It didn't look like he threw it all the way off or it's like more down on the tracks.
03:36
Okay, 10-4[1].
03:38
Let me know if you're going to start going on over...
03:44
433. I went through a gangway, 5140,
03:48
but we did not see him come through this way.
03:53
All right, 104. 402, Sam, you catch any video?
03:58
402. Sam, I saw them briefly up on the platform.
04:02
I'm currently looking toward Dorndale at this point.
04:08
24-06. I got a visual on the gun.
04:12
All right. Three-six.
04:17
Can you go?
04:21
Go ahead.
04:23
Yeah, we'll shut down the tracks. All right, all you just stand by before you go.
04:29
We're going to shut down the tracks. We'll get back to you a second. Don't go on you.
04:37
In the CTA monitoring,
04:40
406 has a visual on the gun that was thrown by in the tracks. We're trying to shut the tracks down over there at the Grandville Red Line, 24th District, going on the... Regardless the possible.
04:50
Okay. Do we don't have a southbound after we eastbound? Does anyone know that?
04:55
Somebody says that you have a concerned citizen that said he was last found southbound in the tracks.
05:01
Excuse me, last southbound in the east alley of the tracks.
05:06
All right, 1040. Did I hear somebody say he might have them detained or if possible?
05:11
420, I think we have one detained.
05:13
It's Glenlake. It's been over the plant.
05:16
Don't understand.
05:18
Glenn Lake, possible.
05:23
Please, helicopter three is overhead.
05:26
All right, TH3 is going to finger. Four, six, like, to be a positive on an imposting official.
05:33
All right, hold on.
05:34
We're on the phone. All right, 420. Give me your location.
05:36
Does anybody with 420?
05:42
2420. The description?
05:44
410.
05:46
What,
05:47
I'm in the alley with one of the Loyola PD officers.
05:51
All right, 410, you're in.
05:53
Give me the... Hold on.
05:55
Let's see where you're at.
05:59
400 idle. Was somebody on Glen Lake with them detained?
06:03
That's what I'm hearing, it's in the alley, but are you coming at as 420, you're in the alley, which,
06:09
Glen Lake and what, the East?
06:15
Okay. 420, 72 has them in the wagon. We're at Glen Lake and the viaduct.
06:22
Glenn Lake in the viaduct, we have a guy possible detained in the wagon.
06:30
4.06, I'll relocate you if I can get a positive on that.
06:33
Okay, hey boss, 06, they shut the tracks down.
06:38
Did you say you grabbed that weapon and all that?
06:41
Yeah, it was close enough.
06:43
We just hopped down and grabbed it. It wasn't near a third rail or anything. So we're good. You can open back up. Thank you very much.
06:48
Okay, grab the weapon. Glad Lake, under the Vydok is where it's 72 and 20 is.
06:54
No,
06:56
yeah, and I'm relocating here. I'm giving a chance to walk out the platform. I'm getting the car.
07:04
433. I'm going to get someone from Walgreens to do an ID.
07:09
433 is grabbing a witness from the Walgreens.
07:13
It was a male of black with the, uh,
07:15
he originally had on a green tank top with camouflage pants and a black backpack. Somebody else reported he had a vest and a weapon recovered.
07:25
Any CTA units monitoring for the Grandville red line, the weapon has been recovered. No officers on the scene. We will get the power going in a second here.
07:36
Thanks for your help. 20 foot this is all left.
07:40
406.
07:41
406. Yeah,
07:43
so it's like the vest is not like a full vest. It's almost like Army fatigue color and then he has black jeans on with like sprayed painted designs. It's not camel.
07:55
We got his vest and backpack.
08:00
Time for vest and backpack in custody.
08:10
06.04. 06. Go ahead, I'm over.
08:14
He's in a wagon. It's not going anywhere.
08:17
All right, ten four.
08:19
33 is going to grab a witness.
08:24
And then, uh,
08:26
let's see. Uh-huh.
08:31
Uh-huh. Do you have a possible?
08:34
Yes, we have one detained in the wagon.
08:37
One detained in the wagon.
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Location mentioned:
W Granville Ave &, N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
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