8/19/07; CHICAGO POLICE RESPOND TO NIGHTCLUB HOMICIDE

CHICAGO: This video begins Sunday morning 8/19/07, 2:20 AM, with short intermittent clips assembled chronologically, till 3:50 AM. Most filming occurs with the camera set on remote, and begins just prior to the 3:00 AM closing time for the Lake & Halsted nightclubs. The camera initially faces southwest, as a Chicago Police squadrol (police wagon) pulls up to the front of the Chromium Niteclub, to join a CPD squad car already on duty to monitor the clubs and their patrons.

Gunshots occur at 3:10 AM, about 1/4 through the video (after you hear the barking dogs). As club patrons run for cover, the EIGHT CPD Officers on foot patrol in the area, run towards the gunshots. When they arrive at the scene, the Police Officers find a young man who's been shot to death, just east of the intersection. The 28-yr-old victim was killed after coming to the defense of females who were being harassed by drunken nightclub patrons.

About halfway through the video, the camera is shifted to face southeast, towards the Lake & Halsted intersection, to show Police response to the crime scene. At the request of the 12th District Police Commander, both the Chromium and Shadow Bar nightclubs voluntarily closed for two weeks after the shooting. Both nightclubs have since resumed operations as usual.

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• Chicago
• nightclub
• gang
• fight
• Lake
• Halsted
• Chromium
• Shadow
• Bar
• Club
• Reunion
• CPD
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