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Chicago, IL

Police search lot near gate for possible discarded handgun 

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W Lexington St & S Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Police officers are searching an empty lot near a gate called the Sharks gate for a possible discarded handgun or weapon.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
00:57

Transcript:
Is that the regular call? (name withheld) out by now? Yep. Okay, that's OTCAM. Yes, OTC. It's possible that the offender tossed a handgun or a weapon by the shark's gate. It's the, it's the rot-iron gate. It looks like there's like a... Like an empty lot next to it. They want to check over there. 10-4[1]. We're letting 15, no. They have, as they can send one of their units over there. 11-6-3-Boy. We're here at the Sharks. 6-3-boy. Okay, no, if you find something for 15. They're coming over there, too. Let's see. 11-24. Can you guys go buy Lexington and Lawndale? Or just give me a go for that.

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10-4: Acknowledgement

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W Lexington St & S Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
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