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Greetings!
Although the summer in Uptown has been relatively quiet, last night at the corner of Wilson and Sheridan, there were gang-related shootings that occurred around 6:00 p.m. outside of the Uptown Baptist Church. From my conversation with 19th District Police Commander Voulgaris, there were five victims. Four are in critical condition and one in good condition. Three of the victims had known gang affiliations from the west and south sides, and another one, also from the west side, was with the three. The fifth victim is a man from Uptown and is believed to be homeless. Police were quickly on the scene and have three persons of interest in custody. The police were able to recover quality video footage from both the police camera located at that corner and from local businesses.
Following this incident, three police cars will be stationed in three of Uptown's "hot spots," 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As we did with the Weiss Plaza area, which has been very quiet since June, I will be working with Commander Voulgaris, the foot patrol officers in this area, Community Justice Center, CAPS Beat Facilitators, local block clubs, social services and local businesses to come together and implement a plan to make this area safer.
The next CAPS meeting for the 1914 CAPS Beat where this took place is Wednesday, September 11 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Clarendon Park Fieldhouse, 4501 N. Clarendon. Please attend to voice your concerns to the police and to find out what you can do to help make the neighborhood safer. As always, if you see something suspicious, do not hesitate and call 911.
Best,
Ald. James Cappleman, 46th Ward
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