Details scant in fatal Uptown shooting
By TOM MANNIS, Contributing Reporter, News-StarAbout 40 Uptown residents turned out for a CAPS meeting last Tuesday at Truman College to learn more about the mid-afternoon shooting on Aug. 29 that left one victim dead and a second man critically wounded. The shooting occurred on the 4800 block of N. Sheridan Road in the 20th District, just over the boundary of the 20th and 23rd police districts at Lawrence and Sheridan.
Chicago Police Sgt. Alex Silva, of the 23rd District, told residents that Belmont and Western Area 3 detectives had "someone they are looking for" in connection to the shootings. One resident asked Silva if the shootings were retaliation for other previous gang activity. Silva said that police still did not have a motive for the Aug. 29 shootings.
"I mean, I'm not saying it's not. The name of the game, obviously, is narcotics and profits there on that corner," Silva told residents.
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"The name of the game, obviously, is narcotics and profits there on that corner."
ReplyDeleteSo can Ald. Shiller possibly pony up one of the two police cameras every alderman is entitled to, above and beyond those placed by the police?
Tygerkub, the problem goes waaaaay beyond a camera on that corner. They'd just move their operations 100' the other direction.
ReplyDeletePut up cameras? Fine. But, that's just one of about 100 other things that needs to be happening to curb this violence.
We are too fixated on cameras fixing our problems.
No snitching.
ReplyDeleteCameras don't really do very much to address the problem of violence in the community. At best they just cause those who are committing the crimes to move heir activity. I can see how this would make some people feel better because it moves the activity from under their window to under someone else's window and then it's someone else's problem so they don't care anymore. But these cameras don't stop crime. Even if there were cameras on every corner in Uptown people would find a way to sell drugs (because it's profitable).
ReplyDeleteThe camera is a olive branch the Alderman can use to placate the community.
ReplyDeleteThe Alderman could do many other things that are better, but the camera is one thing she could do right now.