Chicago Police captain shot, suspect barricaded inside Englewood home CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A Chicago Police captain was shot Tuesday evening in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, sources said. About 6 p.m., the 58-year-old man was shot in the head and chest near 72nd and Lowe, according to a police source. He was taken to Stroger Hospital according to a hospital spokeswoman. He was listed in critical condition, though a police source said the injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. The alleged shooter, Daniel Brown, is wanted in Indiana, a police source told the Chicago Sun-Times. Sources tell FOX59 News that Brown had been tracked to his sister's apartment in Englewood in a semi tractor-trailer he had stolen from a south side Marion County truck yard Sunday - the day after he allegedly shot three people in Indianapolis. Brown is now barricaded inside his sister's apartment with the woman and reportedly is armed with two guns. Chicago Police confirmed police activity in the area but could not confirm any other details. SWAT Teams, police snipers and negotiators were all on scene along with hundreds of police officers and onlookers. Police, including the Hostage, Barricade and Terrorist team are on the scene at 72nd and Lowe, where shots continue to be fired from inside the building, according to dispatch reports. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/26729824/police-officer-shot-on-south-side
Not Chicago, but close enough. Got a serial killer in Gary, IN., my birthplace, and I lived there through most of my childhood. Very different place back then. Now it makes Detroit look like Shangri-La. I'd bet my last buck if they searched every abandoned house in Gary they would find dozens, maybe hundreds of bodies. Certainly not all from this guy, but these places have been a dumping ground for druggies, gang bangers and the like for decades. They don't look because they really don't want to know. Unless someone points something out specifically as in this case, they aren't going anywhere near those abandon homes. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspected-indiana-serial-killer-idd-as-darren-vann-43/
This weekend's tally... 3 dead, 12 wounded in weekend shootings http://chicagosuntimes.com/news/police-3-dead-5-wounded-in-weekend-shootings/
Detroit Residents Stunned! Police in Detroit announced the discovery of an arms cache of 200 semi-automatic rifles with 25,000 rounds of ammunition, 200 pounds of heroin, 5 million in forged US banknotes and 25 trafficked Latino prostitutes -- all in a semi-detached house behind the Public Library on Woodward Ave. Local residents were stunned, and a community organizer said: "We're all shocked; we never knew we had a library!"
That was one of the subplots in The Wire. A couple hit"men" (one was a girl) would dump bodies in boarded up housing. Once the cops figured that out, there was huge political pressure to *not* search out the rest of the places since it would add to the murder count.
This is what happens when you make your city a safe haven for criminals. Two Chicago men mugged Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s teenage son right across the street from the Emanuel family home on Friday night — and gave the high school senior a bloody lip and a chipped tooth to boot. The strong-arm robbery occurred at about 10 p.m., reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Emanuel’s son, Zach, had stepped outside and across the street from the residence to make a mobile phone call. The two men approached the teen, forcibly examined the contents of his pockets and stole his phone. There was a brief struggle over the phone. That’s when the fat lip and the chipped tooth happened.
Party time in a predominately black suburb of Chicago. http://southtownstar.chicagotribune...-at-calumet-city-house-party.html#.VJboh14AAA