Chicago police are searching for a 14-year-old Uptown girl who left her home following an argument with her mother, according to a missing person report.
Johneka Marshall was last seen at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday leaving her home in the 4400 block of North Magnolia Street, police said.
She is described as being 5-feet, 1-inch tall, weighing 101 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Tips should be directed to the Area North Special Victims Unit at (312) 744-8261.
Uptown is bracing for a crowd of 30,000 June 17 when folk-rock band Mumford & Sons performs at Cricket Hill at Montrose Beach.
As a result, 46th Ward Ald. James Cappleman is hosting a town hall meeting at 7 p.m.Tuesday at the Clarendon Park Field House to discuss traffic, crowd control and other issues related to the event.
By Loyola Student Dispatch Staff
Chicago police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a suburban Alsip teen who was sitting inside a car in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.
Here is a portion of the story from CBS-2 Chicago:
A man was killed in a shooting early Sunday in the Uptown neighborhood.
Kezon Lamb, 19, was sitting in a vehicle with a female in the 4400 block of North Malden Street about 12:20 a.m. when a gunman walked up and fired shots, authorities said.
Lamb, of the 4100 block of West 127th Street in Alsip, was shot in the back and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 a.m., authorities said.
Police said the female who also sitting in the vehicle was hit by glass but was not shot.
Read the entire story at CBS-2: SHOOTING
By Loyola Student Dispatch Staff
Thirty students from Chicago’s Senn High School received hands-on instruction in digital journalism during a recent visit to Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication.
The students are part of Senn’s Digital Journalism program, a four-year International Baccalaureate curriculum designed to teach skills in reporting, writing and producing stories through digital technology.
Loyola’s School of Communication, with financial support from the McCormick Foundation, has been partnering with Senn for the past two years. School of Communication faculty and students regularly meet with teachers and students at Senn, helping with curriculum development, classroom instruction and equipment and technological support.
The field trip to Loyola’s School of Communication offered Senn students exposure to college-level instruction in digital journalism, including writing stories for the Internet, and delivering their stories on camera in the school’s convergence studio.
In one exercise, Senn students gathered information on a Chicago Blackhawks playoff game, and wrote a 100-word news story for an online blog titled the Senn Sentinel. The students also used Twitter to tweet about the game at Senn Sentinel @ Twitter.
The students also wrote their own reviews of movies and television shows and read their copy on camera while sitting behind the anchor desk in the School of Communication’s convergence studio. Students also had the opportunity to operate cameras, work a teleprompter and direct the activities in the studio’s control room.
“It was powerful to see the students run a broadcast studio with little assistance from adults. There was a gleam in their eyes in actually ‘doing’ the news rather than just reading about it or watching it,” said Michael Cullinane, the lead journalism instructor at Senn.
“My experience going to the Loyola was not only fun, but also taught me more about what it’s like to be a journalist,” said Senn sophomore Isaac Martinez, 15. “Being in the studio showed me what exactly happens behind the screen when watching news. Teaching us how Twitter and how other websites are used when working in the field was enjoyable. I would definitely consider doing that for a living.”
Jennifer Okoro, 16, a Senn sophomore, agreed.
“I was a little reluctant on going. But when we got there and they told us what we were going to do I was more than excited,” Okoro said. “I really want to go back again. I even want to reconsider my profession in life.”
Don Heider, Dean of Loyola’s School of Communication, said the field trip was a high point of the Loyola-Senn partnership.
“We have loved partnering with Senn on the school’s digital journalism program,” Heider said. “Having students come to our building to use the digital studio and get instruction from our faculty is just one way Loyola and Senn are working together to help these students get excited about the future of journalism.”
Check out some of the work students produced here.
By Loyola Student Dispatch Staff
Uptown Ald. Harry Osterman sent a message to constituents Monday updating them on crime activity in the neighborhood and tips on how to combat crime has summer heats up.
Here is Osterman’s Message:
Dear Neighbor,
Over the weekend, around 1:30am on Sunday, June 15, several reports of shots fired near Thorndale and Kenmore were called into 911. Police responded swiftly to the 911 calls including the 20th police district commander was at the scene. Police were not able to find evidence of shots being fired. If you have any information about this incident please email Marko@48thward.org and we will forward the information to the police.
On Friday night, 20th District Tactical Officers Ronald Wright, Harold Robinson and George Georgopoulous were working on a gang suppression mission in the area near the Granville CTA station. While on this mission they arrested a gang member and recovered a handgun. The individual arrested was charged with unlawful use of a handgun.
As summer picks up in full swing, we all must remain vigilant and observant of our buildings, blocks, and neighborhoods to prevent an increase in crime. I have been working closely with the Chicago Police Department on ongoing safety initiatives to identify and tackle issues throughout the ward. I have also been in contact with numerous property owners and managers to ensure that the highest of rental and management standards are being enforced. I need your help in letting us know about public safety problems that you see.
Additionally, on Wednesday we will announce our annual Summer Nights programming – over 100 events throughout the ward promoting a safe, positive and fun summer for all. If you are interested in getting involved or helping with any of these events, please email 48th ward volunteer coordinator Georgina Sandifer at Georgina@48thward.org.
There will be a Positive Loitering Walk on Thorndale tonight starting at 7:30pm in front of Little Corner Restaurant located at 5937 N Broadway. I invite neighbors to come out and get to know one another and learn what to look for in their neighborhood that can impact their safety.
There is also a CAPS Beat Meeting on Thursday 6/19 at 7pm that will be held at the 24th Police District station located at 6464 N Clark. I encourage residents to attend these meeting to be in the loop of current issues affecting their neighborhoods.
What can you do?
– If you see graffiti in your area, please report it to my office immediately. My office will work to expedite the removal of gang related graffiti.
– If you notice any street lights that are out, or tree limbs that may be covering street lights, please let us know so that we may take corrective action and ensure the area is properly lit. Unlit areas are ideal locations for people to hide and hide drug paraphernalia.
– Be vigilant and report suspicious activity or persons to 911. It’s best in any case to call the police and let them determine if there is anything of interest, rather than not calling and for something to occur. If your gut tells you it’s not right, call it in.
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Some best practices while calling 911 are:
– It is important to provide as much information on the situation as possible. Operators ask questions regarding the persons or autos involved in an incident. The more information you provide, the easier and faster it is for dispatchers to get services dispatched.
If you call 911 and do not get an immediate response, do not hang up and call again. This will only further delay your call. In the majority of cases, calls are answered on the first ring. However, during high volume periods, you may experience a slight delay. When all operators are busy, calls will be answered in the order they are received.
We will continue to work together as a community to keep our streets safe this summer and throughout the year. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact my office at 773-784-5277 or Harry@48thward.org.
Sincerely,
Harry Osterman
Alderman, 48th Ward
By Jillian Schwartz
Police arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a grocery store clerk and wounding a father of 11 on Tuesday.
Joey Jones, 31, fatally shot the clerk in Gage Park on the Southwest Side, and four hours later, shot a father of 11 in an Uptown parking lot.
Joey Jones is charged with first-degree murder, and attempted murder in the shootings.
Here is the full story from the Chicago Tribune:
A daylong search by police ended Tuesday with the arrest of a man suspected of fatally shooting a grocery store clerk in Gage Park on the Southwest Side and, nearly four hours later, seriously wounding a father of 11 in an Uptown parking lot.
Joey Jones, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shootings, which prompted a citywide alert by detectives and circulation of surveillance photos.
Jones walked into a grocery store in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street around 6:05 a.m. Tuesday and talked with the cashier about buying something, police said. Jones then tried to leave the store with the merchandise and an employee tried to block his way, police said.
Jones pulled out a handgun and fatally shot Omar Maslat, 57, of Bridgeview, authorities said.
Jones ran from the store and got into “a late model white Ford Crown Victoria” and drove north on Artesian Avenue, police said.
Around 9:45 a.m., Jones got into an argument with Brion Payne, 50, in the parking lot near a Dunkin Donuts on Wilson Avenue, police said. Payne turned away and Jones shot him in the back of the head, according to Payne’s wife Jessica.
“He is unconscious but in stable condition,” Jessica Payne said Tuesday afternoon. “He’s going to make it because he’s strong. My kids get their strength from him.”
Payne said she got a call Tuesday morning that her husband had been shot while getting coffee. “At first I thought it was an April Fools joke so I cursed his co-worker out and hung up on him,” she said. “But he called back and I realized my husband was really shot.”
Payne said she has been with her husband for seven years and they have three children. Her husband has eight children from a previous relationship. “My husband is a hard-working, loving and caring man,” she said.
Jessica and Brion Payne live on the West Side in the Lawndale neighborhood, but Brion Payne commutes to the North Side where he works at Safari Trans Inc. transporting dialysis patients, his wife said. “He is a good man. He’s not a drug dealer or a criminal. He’s a working man,” she said.
Police arrested Jones after circulating a photo from surveillance video and releasing a description of him and his car, which had damage on the passenger side.
A Chicago man is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon in connection with an August shooting in Uptown that killed one man and wounded four others.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Kelsky Patterson, 20, of the 4600 block of South Drexel Boulevard has been charged with first degree murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm.
Patterson is accused of being the gunman who shot five people August 19 on the steps of Uptown Baptist Church, the Tribune reports.
Read the complete Tribune story here: SHOOTING
Chicago police are investigating a weekend shooting in Uptown in which two men were shot outside a pizzeria.
Here is a portion of the story from the Chicago Tribune:
A group of people were involved in an argument inside a pizza restaurant in Uptown, located just south of West Lawrence Avenue on North Sheridan Road, police said.
The group moved outside, and gunshots rang out feet from the restaurant’s door, police said.
The one attacker, a man or boy whom the victims did not describe in detail to investigators, approached on foot outside and fired several times, hitting an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old man, police said. The younger man was shot in the left foot and taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, and the older man was shot in the left leg and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Police said both their conditions were stabilized, but further details of their conditions were not available.
Read the complete Tribune story here: SHOOTING
By Jillian Schwartz
Nine people were injured in a CTA bus crash on Lake Shore Drive near Uptown Friday Afternoon.
The 147 bus swerved and hit a light pole when a vehicle in front of it “stopped abruptly”, CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinki said.
The nine people were in good condition and transported to hospitals. The driver was uninjured.
Find the rest of story from the Chicago Sun-Times here.
The FBI is searching for a man suspected of trying to rob an Uptown bank Wednesday, less than a month after he allegedly stuck up a Loop bank.
The suspect tried to rob the Bank of America branch at 4758 N. Racine Ave. at about 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to CBS-2 Chicago.
After asking for money, the robber walked away empty-handed, according to the FBI.
The man is also a suspect in an earlier Loop bank robbery. He also is suspected of walking away empty-handed after trying to rob another Loop bank, according to the FBI.
The robbery suspect is described as a 5-foot-9 man in his late 50s or early 60s with brown eyes, according to the FBI.
Anyone with information should call the FBI at (312) 421-6700.
Here is the complete CBS-2 story: ROBBERY
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