Four people were pronounced dead on the scene. We should all know that illegal gun possession makes us less safe, not more safe. You cant go anywhere because the citys messed up, Lawrence said. Blake had had a hard life, his uncle said, but he was also enjoying things recently, having traveled to Miami on vacation, his uncle said. The shooting happened early Tuesday in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street, but police are still trying to determine what happened. Neighbors said it is the party house on the block. As a response to the rise of school shootings elsewhere in the United States, the William S. Hart Union High School District had undertaken a number of measures to improve security at the school. The city's (non) voters are not a monolith but crowded races and low awareness could be keeping them home, voting organizers say. People who live nearby say they've been traumatized and terrorized. Four others were taken to hospitals, with two in critical condition and two whose conditions had stabilized Tuesday evening, according to police. This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). The Englewood (7th) District is one of the police districts that sees the most shootings in the city, and now this mass shooting has happened. Related (May 17): 9 Denver officers opened fire on . Chicago police work at the scene of a mass shooting June 15, 2021, in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street in the Englewood neighborhood. Just Monday, Williams asked Richmond if she could take her shopping for a graduation outfit, and they last spoke Monday night. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Every dime we make fundsreportingfrom Chicagos neighborhoods. At about 10:20 p.m. on Independence Day, officers responded to a home in the 3600 block of South. A woman or girl was shot and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said. The two cars both fled east. Demetrius Williams said he was at home inMaywood, putting on a shirt and tie for his daughter Shermetrias graduation when he heard she had been killed. Kimfier Miles, 29, a mother of three, was out with a group of girlfriends whentwo men opened fire about 2 a.m. Saturday. There was no sign of forced entry, Brown said. Two men one 41 and one 25 were shot in the back of their heads and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. The man, 43, was shot around 4:20 a.m. and crashed into a fence at Periwinkle Park in the 6500 block of South . GAGE PARK A Chicago police officer was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while responding to a domestic violence call in Gage Park. This is the second mass shooting Chicago has seen in the last four days. Loving mama. Five kids," he said. Four other people were injured in the shooting and are being treated at local hospitals. She loves her daughter and her grandkids.. Brown also said there have been previous reports of parties being held at the location. Another neighbor, a 59-year-old woman who asked not to be named, said she heard about 15 shots. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. A 41-year-old man had been shot in the back of the head and was at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and his condition had stabilized. There have been 390 homicides in Cook County so far this year, according to the medical examiners office, nearly 300 of them in Chicago. Someone broke into the home in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street . People watch as a crew removes four bodies from a house in the 6200 block of South Morgan after they were all shot to death Tuesday when an argument broke inside the Englewood building, according to police. It tells us that we still have much work to do in our mission to end gun violence here in Chicago and, in particular, to limit the access of individuals to illegal guns, Lightfoot said. Chicago police officers responded just before 5:45 a.m. to the intersection of 62nd and Morgan streets for a reported shooting. Search site. By Sun-Times Wire Updated Jun 29, 2022, 6:48am PST Pocket Flipboard Area One detectives are investigating. A witness told police there were two volleys of gunshots inside the home, hours apart. Four other people were hospitalized. or redistributed. "She's supposed to graduate today," said her father Demetrius Williams. Mathis lived on the South Side, but the family didnt know what brought her to the gathering on South Morgan. The courageous men and women of the Chicago Police Department have suffered another tragic loss of one of their own to the ultimate sacrifice of protecting our communities. Atavia Reed is a reporter for Block Club Chicago, covering the Englewood, Auburn Gresham and Chatham neighborhoods. The officers knew the call involved someone with a gun, Brown said. Richmond said her family was told that there was an argument and at least one person started shooting, first at a window then turned the gun to the people. A man who said he was Mathis brother said his sister had been to the house many times before. Its worse now than its ever been, says pastor as families seek answers to shooting in Englewood that killed 4, wounded 4 others. Block Club Chicago is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of Chicagos diverse neighborhoods. Got a story tip? The witness told police they heard more gunshots around 5:45 a.m. Brown said he is waiting to confirm the events that took place after the 2 a.m. alert. Everybody deserves a chance to live a life and make good of it, she said. A woman in her 20s was in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Police said the victims were in the car in the 1100-block of. There are some broken hearts that will take a long time to grieve, to accept this.. No guns were found in the house, but police did find shell casings and a high-capacity magazine for a gun inside the house. Witnesses heard gunfire about 2 a.m. and then again at some point 5:30-5:45 a.m., Supt. According to CPD, shots were fired after an argument at inside a home on South Morgan Street. Four people are dead and four others left injured. The results of that poll, in a word: Oof. A suspect, Cordia Blash, 37, was contacted on scene and taken into custody. Price, founder and executive director of solutions and resources|Street Pastors, spent most of the morning on the Morgan block, praying over the victims and their families as well as comforting people who lived in the area. Chicago police said Alexander Podgorny fired. Investigators are reviewing body cameras, ballistic evidence and other surveillance footage to piece together what happened, Brown said. Please enter valid email address to continue. The results of that poll, in a word: Oof. Brown made similar comments that seemed to indicate he believes Foxxs office would like to decriminalize possession of illegal weapons. He did not say which victim or whether they were among the injured or killed. As officers worked the scene into the late morning, a crowd of distraught relatives and neighbors gathered along the police tape blocking off Morgan Street. "You've got multiple parties, five to six days a week, starting at midnight, going to four, five, six in the morning.". The family had tickets to go to her graduation from Country Club Hills Tech & Trade Center scheduled for the day she died. A 35-year-old man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition with a wound to the right leg, police said. FOX 32 reported the man was in his late teens or 20s. Brown said Vsquez Lasso had five years on the force. He was transferred to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he had been listed in critical condition. "So what is being deployed or what is happening differently?". Lightfoot bristled when asked how the steady stream of mass shootings might impact her efforts to reopen the city and encourage Chicagoans to come downtown to dine and shop and patronize the stores and restaurants in their own neighborhoods. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune). The attack is the third mass shooting in Chicago in little over a week and came just hours after gunfire erupted at a party in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, killinga man and wounding two women. At least one of the victims likely lived at the home, Brown said. Brown said a 2-year-old was in the home at the time of the shooting but was not hurt. DeSoto County Fair closed Monday after teen is shot and killed. A preventive community policing plan we've heard so much about from the mayor and CPD involves plans to flood the city's most violent neighborhoods with resources and help, but Butler said Englewood has not seen anything yet. But you never wish or hope that it actually happens; and tonight, this tragedy did. I told him just to be careful out here. A 4-year-old girl was wounded on the Englewood block Tuesday afternoon. The weekend before,six men and two women were wounded when someone in a silver car opened fire in a shooting in the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood. The Chicago-based chain, which also has locations in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Dallas, opened the Wicker Park location in 2017. Thats my baby! is escorted by community activists, including Andrew Holmes (left), to a vehicle after she tried to cross police tape at West 63rd Street and South Morgan Street, Tuesday morning, June 15, 2021. I ask that this city cover this officers family. All Rights Reserved. There was no sign of forced entry, Brown said. March 1, 2023 / 5:22 PM / CBS Chicago. After police took down the tape just after 1 p.m., 42-year-old Michelle Bolton came out of her home across from where the shooting occurred and said she had just stopped crying. Also killed was Shermetria Williams, 19, the mother of a 2-year-old daughter. But there have been no arrests as they continue to investigate the mass shooting. Chicago police said there was an argument inside a home in the 6200-block of South Morgan before the shooting took place. NewsBreak provides latest and breaking news about #Shooting In Inglewood Yesterday. But the street overall is a quiet one, he said. And sometimes when we have these large gatherings, things happen.". The first was around 2 a.m., when the ShotSpotter system alerted police to gunfire near the Morgan address, according to Police Supt. At an unrelated news conference Tuesday morning, Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed the shooting on the easy availability of illegal guns -- an argument she's made many times before when addressing gun violence in Chicago. Despite that, Lightfoot characterized the city as safe. This is the worst ever, said Price, whose voice quivered at times as he spoke of Tuesdays tragedy. Prayer. Poles needs to make sure Eberflus maintains significant input. I couldve been over there. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "That's my baby sister. The area where the shooting took place has been closed off, while police investigate. Along with police, violence prevention organizations also launched a full response, immediately sending workers to the hospital and out to blocks near the shooting, said Autry Phillips, who is executive director of Target Area Development Corp. Weve been spread out since this morning, Phillips said by phone. Editors note: This story was edited June 16, 2021, at 8 p.m. to correct the spelling of Shermetria Williams first name. The GM and coach seem to be more cohesive than Ryan Pace was with Matt Nagy and John Fox. The crowd began throwing items at police and damaging department property while officers conducted their crime scene investigation, the outlet reported. She meant the world to me. I still have text messages from her saying I have everything. Chicago police released few details of how the eight people were shot but said it occurred when an argument broke out inside the home. Im holding those who are wounded in prayers and hope for an actual recovery a recovery from their wounds, but also a recovery from the trauma they will carry with them, the mayor said at a news conference. A A. CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. An Englewood man was arrested for their involvement in a shooting at 2045 N. Beach Road on Saturday night, officials . Casings from a drum magazine a type of magazine that allows a gunman to fire many bullets very quickly were found at the home, but detectives have not yet found the gun used in the slayings. Thanks for subscribing to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. how interested you are in the Fire, whose season begins Saturday against New York City FC at Soldier Field. "I didn't . He has the pedigree, too: his grandfather Bob was a left tackle and offensive captain on Packers teams that won five NFL championships from 1961-67. Some sobbed, others cursed. He definitely didnt deserve this.. A 25-year old man also suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in unknown condition. Published March 2, 2023 9:35 a.m. PST. The Supt. Market data provided by Factset. As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom. The fourth victim was Blake Lee, who lived in the home, his family told the Sun-Times. Who is going give up the information? They were responding to misinformation, Talley said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Her daughters had a friend who they left at the gathering; they had been trying to find out if that friend was among those shot. I want whoever is responsible to be held accountable. Police recovered shell casings inside the house and a large capacity drum magazine.. The mayor said she spoke with several of her counterparts across the country regarding this weekends mass shooting in Austin, Texas, and she made a renewed plea for gun control, an argument she makes frequently as did her predecessors Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Richard M. Daley. The officer had a bright future ahead of him, Brown said. Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. A man, 25, was shot in the back of the head and was at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and his condition had also stabilized. Every time we are around each other, all she talks about is her daughter, Price said. Hes a good person, she said. People watched from their yards or porches as the technicians worked. Police said the victims were in the car in the 1100-block of West 63rd Street at about 2:36 a.m. when three male suspects got out of a gray Hyundai sedan and fired shots. She was set to graduate from Country Club Hills Trade & Tech Center on Tuesday. Police Supt. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Chicago Police received reports of a person with a gun around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of South Racine Avenue and West 57 Street and arrived to find a man who matched the description provided by the caller, police said in a press release. A man was shot dead in Englewood on Monday night, and a suspect is in custody, police said. Mathis' family said she was a loving mother of five children, who she simply adored. Meanwhile, Englewood community leader and activist Asiaha Butler is focused on another issue - summer safety. Mathis family said she was a devoted mother. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago. Waiting outside the emergency room entrance, Michelle Tolbert said she learned her brother had been shot from a Facebook post and feared the worst. Eight people were shot Tuesday morning at a gathering in the home in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, with at least two of the wounded in critical condition, according to. June 15, 2021 / 11:24 AM Stephanie Coleman, 16th, also responded to the scene. Michelle Tolbert said her brother had a jovial barbershop personality and had studied to be an EMT before going to barber college. Chicago's Magnificent Mile is mobbed by rioters after a man is shot by police in the city's Englewood neighborhood. One of our vehicles, the windows were shattered by a brick.. Around. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Im crying for Chicagos wounds, both our political wounds, our physical wounds, our community wounds. One man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center with wounds to the chest and was pronounced dead, police said. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Confusion amongst bystanders and area residents fueled tensions between police and a crowd of dozens after the shooting, when people were reportedly under the impression police had shot a child. Police said there was an argument inside the home and someone fired shots. He has the pedigree, too: his grandfather Bob was a left tackle and offensive captain on Packers teams that won five NFL championships from 1961-67. And for what?. "She was a good mama. A 23-year-old man walked into St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back; he has been taken to University of Chicago in critical condition, CPD said. Retaliation, revenge drives a lot of violence in Chicago. Chicago police investigate the scene of a shooting that left four people dead at a home in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street in Chicago on June 15, 2021. Police reported no arrests and have released no description of the cars or suspects. A man, 23, arrived at St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back. Its not necessarily a question of arresting people; its a question of arresting the right people, Saniie said. All she wanted to do was take care of her daughter and be successful in life, the father said. He was taken to a local hospital, but his condition was not known. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Relatives for the other victims could not immediately be reached, but the Cook County Medical Examiners office identified one victim as Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, of Rogers Park. Brown became particularly impassioned talking about illegal guns, saying, common sense is not so common, and challenged the logic of those who believe that illegal weapons make the city a safer place, calling the notion ridiculous. He said the addition of illegal weapons makes nearly every situation inherently more dangerous, including road rage cases and incidents of domestic violence when there is a gun in the home. CHICAGO (CBS) - A Chicago police officer was shot in the Gage Park neighborhood late Wednesday afternoon. MASS SHOOTING IN ENGLEWOOD Eight people were shot, 4 fatally, during a gathering here this morning. "I'm still praying. She took care of everybody.. I want to remind people that every single day, on every shift, officers run to danger for our safety. The whole thing is bad. No one is in custody and Area One detectives are investigating. But there were 129 total shootings events in which at least one person was wounded or killed compared with 111 last year, a 16% increase, the Police Departments statistics through Sunday show. Chicago police work at the scene of a mass shooting June 15, 2021, in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street in the Englewood neighborhood. Williams' family said she was one of the eight people shot. A 29-year-old mother of three was killed in a Chatham shooting that left nine others hurt on Saturday morning. Overall, the block where this residence is located is fairly quiet, not much activity going on that requires a police response.. Its ridiculous to think that we can decriminalize illegal possession of guns and be safer, he said. A woman is also in critical condition at University of Chicago Medical Center. Polling Place: Is Patrick Kane the greatest Blackhawk ever. As you can imagine, they are taking this tragedy very, very hard, Brown said. Neighbors said the home was a social spot and while there may have been a party the night before, in the early morning hours when the shots were heard the victims were believed to have been sleeping. "My prayers go out to Denice and her family, my friends," she said. The man shared a photo with CBS 2. scar Contreras 3:57 PM, Sep 30, 2022 . Dead.. This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). She loved her family.. They got me spooked, and I thought I was hardcore.. A 2-year-old girl in the home at the time was taken to Comer Childrens Hospital for observation. The shooting happened early Tuesday in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street, but police are still trying to determine what happened. Chicago police keep watch and crime scene tape hangs outside a house in the 6200 block of South Morgan, where eight people were shot, four fatally, inside the Englewood building, Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2021. Ald. The GM and coach seem to be more cohesive than Ryan Pace was with Matt Nagy and John Fox. Oh, God. Jacqueline McBride is the daughter of the department's police union boss, Jamie McBride. His condition is unknown at this time. She got shot in the head, another person sobbed on the phone as they walked away. A group often meets at the house to hang out on the porch and smoke marijuana, she said. Im mourning for Chicago, Price said. Police tape outside a Chicago apartment building. Lightfoot said Chicago is part of a "club of cities to which no one wants to belong: Cities with mass shootings.". She was likely referencing last weeks presentation by Foxxs office on gun crime data that included a section meant to debunk what it said was the myth that more policing is needed to reduce shootings. Matthew Saniie, chief data officer for the states attorneys office, analyzed graphs on gun arrests in Cook County, including one that he said showed Chicago police arresting more people for a gun crime than the number of shootings in Chicago. It is distressing, but I remain very focused, very intentional, as does the Police Department but also our entire team, Lightfoot said. Were always concerned with street justice, he said. She told me yeah. The mother of one of the four killed in the fatal mass shooting early Tuesday was just one of the family members who showed up at the scene. "The reality is our city is safe, and I stand by that. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said they believe there was a party going on when the shooting happened. Officers in the first car knocked on the door of a home on that block while officers in the second car encountered an 18-year-old man who had a gun and ran from officers, Brown said. Some of the victims of an Englwood mass shooting, which killed 4 people and injured 4 more, have been identified by officials and family. All rights reserved. Its very sad. Legal Statement. "We need the police, the community, everybody working together to really identify here trouble buildings and trouble gatherings," Butler said. I fundamentally disagree with that, she said. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicagos neighborhoods. A 45-year-old man said his daughter remained in surgery as of 12:45 p.m. Four other people were wounded in the shooting. She was a good person, a sweet girl that loved her daughter to death, my grandbaby, Demetrius Williams said. by Erin O'Brien. Brown did not elaborate on the relationships of the victims and the shooter, or what the argument was about. Denver7 News brings you breaking and developing news from Englewood, Colorado on KMGH-TV and TheDenverChannel.com. "Being here today, we haven't seen or witnessed it yet," she said. She was with him a lot., [UPDATE: 7 out of 8 in Englewood mass shooting were shot in the head, likely by 2 gunmen, police report says]. The . Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment. CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer was shot in the city's West Englewood neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, according to a police spokesperson. David Brown confirmed four people, three women and one man, were pronounced dead at the scene. An officer was shot multiple times, Brown said. Four others injured. The pop-up runs Friday through the end of March. The Chicago-based chain, which also has locations in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Dallas, opened the Wicker Park location in 2017. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Why would anyone argue that illegal gun possession needs to be decriminalized? According to the district's website, all schools have a school resource officer assigned to each campus. Another graph purportedly proved a large driver of that increase was what he deemed nonviolent gun arrests of those without prior convictions, while what he termed violent arrests by Chicago police have dipped. pic.twitter.com/IjHZLn76BV. Major cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, recorded rising gun violence throughout 2020. Woman shot to death in Englewood Thursday, victim ID'd by coroner . Brown said the officers partners and officers throughout the department and the country are grieving the loss. From left, victims Shermetria Williams, Denice Mathis and Blake Lee. A 2-year-old girl also was in the home during the shooting, police said.