Sunday, July 13, 2025

Haven't covered one of these in a while:

  • A man was found fatally shot on a Near West Side street this week—the latest gunshot victim to go unnoticed until it was too late in a neighborhood that could once rely on ShotSpotter to detect gunfire.

    Officers responded to a call of an unresponsive person in the 2600 block of West Wilcox around 9:13 p.m., according to a Chicago police statement. They found a 44-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics took the man to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

    No one reported hearing gunfire in the area; however, officers at the scene reportedly found 12 shell casings near the man’s body, raising questions about how quickly first responders could have located the victim if the city’s ShotSpotter technology had still been active.

What's the latest from City Hall about re-instating or re-bidding the ShotSpotter-type contract so that Conehead-connected people get their beaks wet?

CWB has a list of 49 incidents now....and growing weekly. 

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