Chicago police responded about 3:16 AM Sunday to a shooting in front of the District 11 Chicago Police Headquarters, 3151 W Harrison St, Chicago. Chicago police responded to a shooting in front of the the 11th District Headquarters at Harrison Street and Kedzie Avenue. The offenders were in a vehicle described as a white SUV that possibly got on the I-290 expressway eastbound just east of of Sacramento Boulevard or California Avenue.
Developing … Incident described as a “shooting” but no word on injuries.
The CPD 11th district includes West Garfield Park, most of East Garfield Park and portions of Austin, the Near West Side and North Lawndale, and has recorded some of the highest murder rates in recent years. The 11th District Headquarters is just south of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) at Harrison Street and Kedzie Avenue.
The police district just to the west of the 11th District is the 15th District, which has also recorded a high number of homicides. The two districts are the first two police districts that surround Interstate 290 as motorists enter the City of Chicago.
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