"Takeover" Shooting

Where's the Traffic Unit with the stop sticks?

• Two people were shot in separate vehicles while leaving a street takeover on the Southwest Side overnight. The gathering at 79th Street and Western Avenue was one of several takeovers, impromptu events where fans block intersections so drivers in tricked-out cars can spin donuts in the street, reported across the city.

  Chicago police officers reported that a crowd of up to 100 people threw objects at them and their squad cars as they broke up a gathering at 87th Street and Ashland around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

  Another takeover occurred at 55th Street and Pulaski Road at about 1:30 a.m. At least one participant threw bricks toward CPD units, striking at least one patrol car.

  But the real trouble started when a takeover involving about 100 people broke up at 79th Street and Western Avenue around 1:45 a.m.

In addition to the stop-stick people, perhaps the gas teams from the Bulls "celebrations: could be re-formed, re-equipped and re-deployed to these "gatherings."