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Police respond to report of armed person near 78th and Saginaw

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
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Four hundred and twenty-three units sent for citywide person with a gun, East 78th Street and South Saginaw Avenue, Saginaw and Seventy-Eighth Street.
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S Saginaw Ave & E 78th St, Chicago, IL 60649
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police received a citywide report of a person allegedly waving a firearm near the intersection of East 78th Street and South Saginaw Avenue in Chicago. Units were dispatched after a caller reported a pickup truck blocking the intersection and a black Nissan sport utility vehicle nearby. The situation remains under investigation.

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