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Suspect flees on foot after weapon recovery near Cortez StChicago IL

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Near W Cortez St, Chicago, IL 60651

Police recovered a weapon and detained one suspect near Cortez St. Another male suspect wearing all black clothing fled on foot westbound and may be hiding near Cortez St. A stolen vehicle linked to the incident is secured by officers at Cortez and Long. The suspect description includes a black puffy jacket, black skinny jeans, and a black mask. Authorities continue to search for the fleeing individual.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
09:4
Transcript:
00:00
Show me what the weapon recovered.
00:03
Send for a weapon recover, this time is 0.45,
00:06
48 hours.
00:10
1520.
00:13
1520. All right is in the drawn custody and where are they at?
00:19
Okay, 1522, what's your location for the offender?
00:23
What's the location?
00:25
Okay,
00:29
10, 4, 1522, you're looking for the other offender. So 1595, what's your location with your one detained?
00:39
Anyone to change?
00:41
You deployed his taser, but it didn't make contact.
00:44
That offender got away. 10-4[1], so 1595 deployed their taser, but the offender ran away.
00:52
1555, do you have one?
00:56
Time for, we have one.
00:58
We're still looking for the guy that rants westbound and through the, Weston-on-Thomas and through some type of gang wait.
01:05
What was that address again?
01:08
The last address, we'll test.
01:12
Play two, please repeat.
01:16
Okay, Seth, with that address is Corto that there's another time of game.
01:24
1520, so 55 has one detained.
01:28
10-4[1], 55 has one detained.
01:32
Okay, what's your location?
01:34
1555, what's your location?
01:39
Cortez and Long.
01:42
104, Cortez and Long.
01:47
Hey, St. Maroosli, come toward (number withheld) Cortez.
01:54
All right, 5416.
01:57
Let's... Here, come.
02:05
There's open the alley door in the gangway.
02:08
I'm looking for the offender under the stairs.
02:13
Right, this is the open alley door in the gangway the offender could possibly be in there. Is that the address of near Cortez?
02:27
Squad, what's your friend doing?
02:32
He's got on all-black.
02:36
All-black dumpsuit with a white shirt on the back.
02:41
What's that, boy?
02:46
You guys get on Cortez-in-Lone?
02:55
525104, all of units are still looking for the guy in all black and only straight.
03:02
All right and again, they're still looking for the male in all black with the stripe, with a white stripe down the back and area long of course is.
03:12
This is KG 839 on the 5th October 2025, courthouse time of 055.5.51 hours. Good morning, crew, good morning.
03:20
Okay, good morning. Okay.
03:23
Is that Austin, Tutu?
03:27
No male wearing all black was in the Mexico.
03:30
And 95 to play the Tazeera long.
03:34
Austin Tutsu, you come in there, Mumble. You said the male were all black and we didn't copy after that.
03:41
He was the initial suspect that took off going westbound and 95 to play the day down.
03:47
All right, temper. He's the initial suspect and 95% temper.
03:56
Oh, two, Sam.
03:58
Oh, two, Sam.
04:01
All right, so the description of the one that I saw is run Westbound on Cortezza and then into that near Cortez address.
04:09
He was a lighter skin male, unknown if he was black or Hispanic.
04:14
He had all black on with a black puffy jacket with like a black shycy on as well.
04:19
And then like black skinny jeans possibly.
04:23
All right, that male that possibly ran into near Cortez is a male, possibly black complexion. He has on all-black with a black puffy coat.
04:33
He has on some black, a black spicy mask, black skinny jeans as well.
04:39
Did anyone over there need an ambulance for the taser that was deployed?
04:44
Negative. The taser did not.
04:46
It's a suspect. That's up there. We're still searching for.
04:50
All right.
04:56
Did somebody grab vehicle (number withheld)?
05:01
Did somebody grab vehicle (number withheld)? Did somebody grab vehicle (number withheld)?
05:09
Anyone get the vehicle (number withheld)? Where's the vehicle located?
05:17
The initial stop around Thomas and the Ruff.
05:25
Thomas and Laurel, did anyone get the vehicle on Thomas and Laurel, (number withheld)?
05:32
1520, have someone stay with the car?
05:35
All right, 20, I was trying to figure out who over there. We have anyone with the vehicle at Thomas and Laurel?
05:47
Okay.
05:48
We're on Cortez-in-Long.
05:50
There are some units down the street, I'm not sure who.
05:53
But we do need a unit to come over here and sit on the offending vehicle, and the stolen vehicle.
05:58
Well, we take our person in custody back to the station.
06:04
All right, and the stolen vehicles are Cortez-in-Long, correct?
06:08
7-4 squad. We're stationary with a stolen vehicle,
06:14
squad car 7921,
06:17
and squad car 7927.
06:25
Austin 3-2.
06:30
1532.
06:32
15-20. Let me know who has foot pursuits.
06:39
1522 you said every vehicle has foot pursuit everyone over there has a super suit
06:52
All right so forthcoming2 we'll put y'all down for a poopersuit and 20 you copy the poopersuit
06:58
I'm going to leave it's 5522 again 1532
07:07
32.
07:09
Are you two, you all staying over on Cortez-Long? Can you sit on one of those vehicles or are you sitting on something else?
07:18
Simple. We're here.
07:20
We're camping the area.
07:23
Okay, because I need someone to sit on the stolen vehicle.
07:29
Where's the stolen vehicle?
07:30
It's that Cortez-in-Lone.
07:37
Lesson 95 for pursuit.
07:42
10-4[1] and 9-5, we'll put you down.
07:45
552295,
07:47
we'll put you all down for full pursuit.
07:49
M1520, are you happy?
07:55
Listen, 95,
07:57
did anybody grab my vehicle that was on Thomas and Gorell, vehicle (number withheld)?
08:06
Is anyone sitting on (number withheld) at Thomas & Laurel?
08:18
1520. You any coming in?
08:23
1520, which one always, (number withheld)?
08:25
I'm trying to see if anyone has that vehicle. Is anyone sitting on it that's 1595 vehicle?
08:33
So was that, Thomas and Laurel?
08:39
All right, can anyone go sit on a vehicle at Thomas and Laurel, (number withheld)? Austin 13, 13, you in the area over there?
08:47
1520. 1520, those ending vehicles on Long and Cortez,
08:52
there's units here.
08:54
All right, we know that it's... We know the stolen vehicles at Long and Cortez. We're trying to see if anyone has eyes on 1595 vehicle.
09:03
(number withheld). (number withheld).
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