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Vehicles exchange gunfire near the national teacher's schoolChicago IL

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Near W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616

Two SUVs, a white four-door and a gray one, exchanged gunfire near the National Teacher's School at 55 West Cermak Road in Chicago. One vehicle was abandoned near State Street, and a male suspect fled on foot toward the expressway entrance. Police issued an active threat alert during the incident.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels
02:42
Transcript:
00:00
Uh, sir, white four-door shooting at a gray SUV, no plate.
00:05
Actually, hold out, I got Charlie One in the air.
00:07
Charlie One, you're on the air, Charlie One, 311.
00:11
For the unit one in citywide, the shots fired is now coming over as an A-tip, an active threat incident plan.
00:18
55 West Thermac, 55 West-Sermak, it's the National Teacher's School.
00:23
There was an open line with a female telling others to get away from the door.
00:27
They said they're out of an active shooter.
00:28
It's coming in details to follow.
00:30
I have nothing further. First District going for.
00:34
We have one call saying they were southbound on Lakeshore Drive.
00:38
Everybody else is saying it's on CIRMAC just west of state.
00:41
Currently looking for a gray SUV and a white forward-door SUV that are shooting at each other.
01:04
Abandoned Silver Chief over there, anything that may be related, (number withheld), and near State.
01:10
Near State, the abandoned a vehicle possibly involved.
01:18
Okay, here we go.
01:19
So the caller is saying that they were firing from the white SUV.
01:25
The male that was in that gray SUV apparently abandoned and fled from near State, as what this ticket says.
01:36
The white SUV continued south on Lakeshore Drive from about 26 streets.
01:45
They don't have what type of SUV is just a white SUV? Yeah, nothing further, unfortunately.
01:56
And it's a one ticket state that the shooter from that.
02:00
Green vehicle, the abandoned ran towards the expressway entrance.
02:04
I'm looking here, I don't see any good description.
02:08
Here we go.
02:09
Male dark-complected with a black skull cap and black clothes.
02:19
All right, Charlie one, we're going to get another call saying kind of the same thing that he ran towards the expressway entrance.
02:25
If you see anybody running on foot, that may end up being him.
02:31
Okay.
02:33
Okay.
02:34
Okay.
02:40
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Near W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
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