Another Conehead Corpse

In a neighborhood originally covered by ShotSpotter:

• A 15-year-old boy found unresponsive on the back porch of a West Side home overnight was actually a gunshot victim, a discovery paramedics made only after they began treating him at the scene.

  First responders had no indication the boy had been shot, or even that there had been gunfire in the neighborhood, because nobody called 911 to report shots fired, records show. The block is also no longer monitored by ShotSpotter after Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the city’s contract with the gunshot detection system in September 2024.

  The Chicago Fire Department responded to a home in the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard shortly after 1 a.m. for a report of a person who was not awake or breathing. According to dispatch records, the person who discovered the child had already begun performing CPR before emergency crews arrived.

  About 15 minutes later, a Chicago Police officer who was asked to ride along with paramedics reported over the radio that the fire department believed the boy might be suffering from a gunshot wound. They soon confirmed their suspicions. In a media statement, CPD said the 15-year-old had been shot in the head. He was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

How long ago did Conehead say he was looking for a replacement for ShotSpotter?

How long does it take to find a niece, nephew or other aldermanic relative to run this connected replacement?

This is the 88th victim of Conehead's Reign of Error.