Two people shot near Howard and Sheridan

Crime tape protects evidence markers
on Sheridan and Birchwood.

(Rogers Park) - 911 callers are flooding the center with 'shots fired' calls around Howard and Sheridan, April 7, at 9:06 p.m.

Update - 9:08 p.m: Now were getting two people shot in the 7300 block of North Sheridan, one in front of a nursing home.

One person shot in the back. One person shot in the foot. Shots came from the north of the location where the victims are.

Update - 9:12 p.m: One victim is mid-twenties. EMS is taking one to the hospital on a stretcher.

Update - 9:14 p.m: Two groups of male/blacks were shooting at each other, according to one witness who's talking with police. One group had a dog with them.

Update - 9:17 p.m: Crime scene started at 7464 North Sheridan, according to the police.

Update - 9:22 p.m: Arrived at the crime scene. What a mess.

Update - 9:29 p.m: Detectives are searching neighbors front yards with flashlights, checking the grass and bushes, as the neighbors are outside asking questions like, "Why?"

Update - 9:40 p.m: The crime scene runs from Howard and Sheridan to Sherwin and Sheridan. Detectives are canvassing the entire area. A couple guns were allegedly found in the alley dumpster according to a witness I talked with. Crowds are gathering across the street.

Update - 9:48 p.m: Looks as if there are two crime scenes. One nursing home at Sherwin and Sheridan and one at Birchwood and Sheridan. The Shewin Manor Nursing Home, 7350 North Sheridan, has crime tape on the stair entrance.

Chicago Tribune report - April 8, 2012: "Two men were shot on the 7400 block of North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park, police said. Both of the men were standing on the street when they were shot and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston with gunshot wounds, police said. One man, 31, was shot in the foot and the other, 25, was shot in the back."

Person shot on Pratt and Ashland

Yellow and red police tape mark off the crime scene
at 6822 North Ashland on April 5, 2012.

photo by Craig Gernhardt

(Rogers Park) - A male was shot April 5, around 2:05 p.m., at Pratt and Ashland. The alleged offender(s) who did the shooting, took off in a car north on Ashland.

Update 1: Shell casings found at 6822 North Ashland by police who arrived on scene very quickly. Ashland Avenue is closed by Pratt and Farwell.

Update 2 - 2:13 p.m: The car in question is a silver 4 door Grand Prix with tinted windows and Indiana plates.

Update 3 - 2:15 p.m: Driver was seen shooting out the window while driving.

Update 4 - 2:18 p.m: Witnesses say two shooters. Male blacks with dreads. One had a "Blackhawks" hat.

Update 5 - 2:21 p.m: Witnesses have different directions of the car leaving the scene at Pratt and Ashland. One said it went east on Farwell, off Ashland, one said west on Morse, off Ashland, at a high rate of speed.

Update 6 - 2:23 p.m: Victim is early 20's, male black, according to his girlfriend, who's on scene. They've got his name.

Update 7 - 2:23 p.m: Victim shot in upper part of the body. He's in critical condition and heading to St. Francis.

Update 8 - 2:26 p.m: The pistol used in the shooting according to police was a 9 mm.

Update 9 - 2:58 p.m: Students heading home from Sullivan are being re-routed away from Ashland.

Update 10 - 2:59 p.m: Police say the two different fractions of the GDs (Morse GDs & Howard GDs) are in battle.

Update 11 - 3:03 p.m: The baseless rumors and gossip on Everyblock have already started. Eddie said, "Not sure how true it is but I heard there was one fatality..." 
Eddie, if you're reading this, no one has officially pronounced the victim as dead, yet.


Update 12 - 3:15 p.m: Oh my. A person at Illinois Masonic is claiming he got shot at Birchwood and Ridge about and hour ago. Police are investigating.


Update 13 - 4:18 p.m: More speculation the victim had been murdered. EB net-neighbor, Jennifer Baxley says "the man died." Police have mentioned a DOA at St. Francis, but didn't say why or who. So, until we get police confirmation to match the name I got on scene, it's all hear-say.


Update 14 - 4:30 p.m: Police are releasing the corner as a crime scene. A black Mazda was hit by stray bullets, which the owner is moaning about. They should be thanking their lucky stars they weren't in the car at the time of the shooting. Instead of moaning about it.


Update 15 - 6:41 p.m: Gotta love the mainstream press. t's been over 4 hours and they've yet to touch on this shooting at Pratt and Ashland. I guess all the real news reporters are at the Cubs game?

Person shot at Touhy and Clark

Police tape still liters the ground
a day affter the shooting.

(Rogers Park) - A 19-year-old man was shot by someone inside a red sedan after an argument just after 9 p.m. Friday night in the Rogers Park neighborhood, police said. He was shot in the lower back and taken to St. Francis Hospital of Evanston in serious condition, police said. North Area detectives are investigating.