Male detained with gun near racine blue line platform, Chicago IL
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According to the dispatch call, a male suspect with a firearm was reported on a CTA Blue Line platform near Racine station in Chicago. The suspect was described but not named, was located, and detained by police. One weapon was recovered during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
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05:59
Transcript:
00:00
They gave a male black.
00:01
He's about 55 to 65.
00:02
They said he had a gun in hand walking towards the platform.
00:05
He was light complexion, 5-11, heavy build, gray beard, had a black dew rag on,
00:12
brown jacket, and a light blue hoodie underneath the jacket, light gray pants.
00:21
All three great.
00:23
We'll be going up to the person with the gun's left.
00:25
10.
00:30
10.4. 14, where I'm seeing.
00:33
104, my partner is on with CTA, trying to see if they can stop the train.
00:39
We have a train number.
00:44
You say you have the train one time?
00:47
I know it was Run 112, I don't know what car he got on.
00:53
Run 1112. Run 1112.
01:00
13336.
01:02
1433.
01:04
1433. 1433.
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1433. 14 false. 14 false.
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T.
01:15
7301 Sam
01:17
01-7 01-7
01:23
01-7 go ahead
01:29
Room 112 just pulled in the station it's an old hairbound train
01:34
Ray 1 just pulled in the station
01:38
12-14-190 train cell.
01:41
10-4[1]. We just got off the phone with CTA.
01:43
She's going to...
01:46
Try to reach out to the conductor right quick.
01:49
Prudgeon, he got off.
01:52
Let me get a question again.
01:55
Yeah, okay.
01:57
Brown coat, gray jogging pants.
02:00
Let me get the four.
02:01
Male black, 55 to 65.
02:05
He was light complexion,
02:07
511 height,
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heavy build, gray beard, had a black du rag on,
02:12
dark brown jacket, and again, a light blue hoodie, a brown hoodie, rather, underneath that jacket.
02:18
Light gray pants or joggers.
02:24
10-4[1], show us walking up platform and checking the opposition, I know.
02:32
And they're going to hold that train.
02:34
They're notified.
02:35
14, I copy you.
02:36
You're going to check the train.
02:37
If you're going to check the train. 12.1. If you show, 22, 24 and I have seen.
02:46
35.
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35, 2422 all over racing.
03:03
Male Black,
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55 to 65,
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511, heavy, gray beard,
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black's du rag,
03:12
brown jacket, he is light complexion,
03:15
he has a dark brown jacket, but it's a light brown hoodie underneath it, gray pants or joggers.
03:24
No,
03:26
13, show me as one detained.
03:27
All right, 12,
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14 is one detained.
03:31
It's 837 on the clock.
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1213, show me at 18.
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13, I'll show you a racing.
03:43
121.
03:44
Go ahead, 2.1.
03:47
Okay, so we have a lot of the train, so you go back to train, see moving.
03:52
All right, we'll call CTA back.
03:57
1.214.
04:02
14. 14.
04:05
All right, a couple of things.
04:06
I either know if they have a victim slash agreement, and then I need you to run this ID for me and let me know if there is a FOIA on file.
04:16
And as of right now, there is one weapon recovered.
04:20
All right, one weapon recovered.
04:22
It's 839 on the clock.
04:23
Go with the ID, please.
04:26
The idea is going to be (number withheld),
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(number withheld).
04:35
Okay, you cut out a little, 6901.
04:40
It's going to be (number withheld).
04:43
(number withheld).
04:47
(number withheld), okay.
04:52
7301 Sam?
04:55
7301, Sam?
04:58
Just for information, this was a zero-wise hit at the Pulaski Blue Line.
05:03
He had pulled the weapon out of his pocket.
05:06
I don't believe there's any victim other than CTA, him having a weapon on CTA.
05:12
Tim for on that.
05:13
In 14, you copy that.
05:14
And again, it says the initial ticket that came in at Damen.
05:18
For us, it said the operator saw him with the gun and his hand walking towards the platform.
05:25
That was the problem.
05:29
Can you put us detain him on cart (number withheld)?
05:37
Rachel cut out.
05:38
We have him detained over at the Racine line.
05:42
Turn four, the Racine, but the cart that he would be changed on in (number withheld), if you could add down to the ticket.
05:49
And when he was got his down, avoiding Coupil.
05:53
All right. It's coming in muffled because you've given a lot of information at once.
05:57
We're going to notate the cart he was detained on.
05:58
What else did you need?
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
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Location mentioned:
Racine, 430 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
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