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Shots Fired Near Holmes Elementary School in Oak Park
report by Ed Vincent
December 1st, 2 Black Male teens, aged 17-19 years old fire shots at a local 17-year-old Oak Park male. The shots were fired at or near 8:30 p.m. and neighbors called the police in response to hearing the gun fire. The shots were fired after the Oak Park youth was knocked on the head. The youth ran from his attackers and shots were fired as he fled. The shots missed the young man and he escaped with little injury.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School is in the heart of Oak Park, far from the troubled area near Austin Boulevard and in the drug infested 15th police district of Chicago.
Holmes School is at Chicago Avenue and Kenilworth in Oak Park, and the outside playground has had a history of drug dealing in the past. None of this happened while children were in school or playing ball, which is also common in the warmer periods of the year.
We have been informed that some police believe this was a possible drug deal that went bad. Several years ago a High School student from OPRFHS met a fellow student and his friend in an alley to buy some stolen wheels for his car. He arrived with the money, but no one brought any wheels, though they did have a gun. The young man was robbed and murdered only half a block away from the District 97 School Administration building. If this Oak Park youth was meeting these folks to buy drugs and had money with him, but no one had drugs it could easily have turned into a robbery. Thankfully no one was hurt and bullets didn't end up in someone's living room, as is common in some areas of the city.
We would suggest that if you're going to buy drugs on the street from other kids that you inform the police ahead of time and that way you will be a lot safer.
There have been no arrests made as of yet, but police may crack the case if the victim talks, which he should.
The police are looking for two black males, 17 to 19 or so years old and the shooter is described as a 5 foot 10, medium build having a brown coat with green sleeves, similar to a high school jacket with insignia.
report by Ed Vincent
December 1st, 2 Black Male teens, aged 17-19 years old fire shots at a local 17-year-old Oak Park male. The shots were fired at or near 8:30 p.m. and neighbors called the police in response to hearing the gun fire. The shots were fired after the Oak Park youth was knocked on the head. The youth ran from his attackers and shots were fired as he fled. The shots missed the young man and he escaped with little injury.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School is in the heart of Oak Park, far from the troubled area near Austin Boulevard and in the drug infested 15th police district of Chicago.
Holmes School is at Chicago Avenue and Kenilworth in Oak Park, and the outside playground has had a history of drug dealing in the past. None of this happened while children were in school or playing ball, which is also common in the warmer periods of the year.
We have been informed that some police believe this was a possible drug deal that went bad. Several years ago a High School student from OPRFHS met a fellow student and his friend in an alley to buy some stolen wheels for his car. He arrived with the money, but no one brought any wheels, though they did have a gun. The young man was robbed and murdered only half a block away from the District 97 School Administration building. If this Oak Park youth was meeting these folks to buy drugs and had money with him, but no one had drugs it could easily have turned into a robbery. Thankfully no one was hurt and bullets didn't end up in someone's living room, as is common in some areas of the city.
We would suggest that if you're going to buy drugs on the street from other kids that you inform the police ahead of time and that way you will be a lot safer.
There have been no arrests made as of yet, but police may crack the case if the victim talks, which he should.
The police are looking for two black males, 17 to 19 or so years old and the shooter is described as a 5 foot 10, medium build having a brown coat with green sleeves, similar to a high school jacket with insignia.
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