Man in mental distress on Dan Ryan Expressway, Chicago IL
Medical EmergencyA man named (name withheld) in gray clothing, possibly in mental distress and claiming to be chased, was seen trying to enter the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway near 69th to 75th Streets. He called the police himself reporting his location near 74th and the Dan Ryan. Authorities are attempting to locate and stop him.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels
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Transcript:
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so the last update we're getting now is that this person went south from near 69th Street, and he may have made it onto the Dan Ryan.
00:08
I don't know if you have any visual that far, but if you can look and see, it says he may have made it between near 69th and 75th.
00:17
He's trying to get into the inbound side of the Ryan, and he's wearing all gray.
00:22
You may be outside this.
00:23
Just got 10-4.
00:24
We can see perhaps ISP headed south phone on Ryan right now.
00:29
Yep, I guess they're trying to stop him.
00:31
9370. 737.
00:33
Word on the whereabouts of the guy who was on the tracks?
00:37
7301 Sam, have you got anything further, either visually or through CTA?
00:41
Okay,
00:42
the last update, we're variously getting calls, saying that he's either trying to get onto the expressway or he's made it there.
00:49
I know ISP's unseen, and that's all I have at the moment.
00:53
I don't know if anybody has a visual on him.
00:55
Okay, he's saying now he is, I mean, he's calling in himself, and he's saying he's at near 74th and the Dan Ryan.
01:05
His name is (name withheld), and he claims people were chasing him.
01:08
He's called a couple times.
01:09
Maybe around near 74th.
01:12
370.
01:13
We're looking at the cameras and it seems like there's a, like maybe a 6th district sergeant at near 75th Street.
01:18
Looks like he might be trying to talk to the guy from the overpass.
01:22
Okay, let me see if I can confirm if that's him and that's what's going on there, if that's (name withheld).
01:27
720s got him at near 75th and Orion, or at least he's got a visual on him.
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Dan Ryan Expy, Chicago, IL
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