A man was killed in a shooting Tuesday night in Hyde Park on the South Side. The shooting happened around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 4500 block of South Drexel. Students rally on Nov. 16, 2021, to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). CHICAGO (WLS) -- The University of Chicago is increasing patrols near its Hyde Park campus after two shootings, one of which killed a 24-year-old recent graduate, took place within hours of each other Tuesday. But his classroom didnt have cellphone service. "I want to be clear that, I am not sure if I was an intended target today or if it was a random shooting. A University of Chicago police vehicle drives on the campus at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park on Nov. 11, 2021, in Chicago. No one should die, the speaker responded. The probability of something happening to you is slim. A University of Chicago police vehicle drives on the campus at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park on Nov. 11, 2021, in Chicago. So violence isnt just a local issue. CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed in a Hyde Park shooting near the University of Chicago campus Tuesday afternoon, Chicago police said. Students rally on Nov. 16, 2021, to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus. Multiple streets shut down near scene at 53rd & Woodlawn @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/J5UtfAz9az. The boy was a CPS student at Kenwood Academy High School, a few blocks away from the shooting scene, Pontecore said. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. PAWS Chicago Pet of the Week: Meet Benny! No one is currently in custody. Cars and stores were shot at and people were running for cover. It was the first time his mother had traveled abroad and her first time addressing the schools community about her son and his killing. First published on January 19, 2022 / 8:00 AM. A letter to the president and provost signed by almost 350 faculty and staff members bolded and underlined Anti-violence should be made TOP priority at the University. The letter explained that they wanted the universitys police force to expand its borders, and to increase surveillance and security. In Hyde Park, there have been 11 nonfatal shootings this year. Students should not die. Jahmal Cole, head of My Block My Hood My City and a candidate for congress said he was nearly struck during the 53rd Street shooting. We can't program our way out of these shootings," he said. CHICAGO (CBS)-- Two people were shot while driving in Hyde Park Wednesday night. The spike in gun violence is consistent with the uptick of violence in Chicago and the nation as a whole. Authorities identified the victim as 17-year-old Kanye Perkins, who lived in the neighborhood where he was slain about noon, according to the Cook County medical examiners office. The University of Chicago Police Department employs roughly 100 officers, according to the universitys website. "We have to treat violence in Chicago in the same way we are treating the pandemic of the coronavirus," Rush said. Brown did acknowledge that an increase in police presence could cause hesitancy, particularly in Black and brown communities. 'I Ran For My Life': Chicago Activist Describes Shooting In Hyde Park The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report. Gunman critically wounded in shootout with University of Chicago police Skoronski is productive: in three seasons as Northwesterns starting left tackle, he allowed just five sacks in 2,364 snaps. ", "I just remember the cadence of the shots," He said. This is how they get down nowadays. Marianne Williamson opens long shot 2024 challenge to Biden, Candidates in 4th Ward in St. Charles discuss infrastructure, redevelopment in the city, Key developments evolving in sale of Brauer Museum artwork by Valparaiso University, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. "We need the federal government to step up and support us. Lets try to think about some of the kinds of solutions we can work on for the entire city.. "This is devastating news for our entire community," the statement said in part. West Loop. Two teens were injured, one critically, in a shooting Tuesday in Hyde Park, police said. Even a week after it happened, it still wasnt real to her that Shaoxiong Dennis Zheng, her boyfriend, had been shot dead. "I don't remember how many shots, it was an automatic weapon.". A recent graduate of the University of Chicago was shot and killed near campus in Hyde Park Tuesday afternoon, the school confirmed. Two days later, a university employee was robbed at gunpoint outside a school research center. Police said a 24-year-old man was on the sidewalk on the 900 block of East 54th Place shortly before 2 p.m. when out of nowhere, a vehicle pulled up, and a gunman jumped out and demanded his property. CPS student, 17, killed in shooting near Kenwood Academy Congressional candidate Cole writes on Facebook he dove under car to avoid shots fired 6 blocks east. The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report. The Sonata had been reported stolen Monday, according to the alert. The man was walking home in the 5200-block of South Kimbark . On Nov. 9, Zheng told Cai that he ordered her delivery food but needed to stop at his dormitory to pick up something before they ate together. Police said that shortly before 2 p.m. in the. Their lives were not worth the diploma, they said. The killing happened in the middle of the day, a half-mile from where the crowd was gathered and that was why they were rallying. Chicago police process a crime scene behind a McDonald's restaurant on 52nd Street at Lake Park Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 21, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune), We never feel any security here, she said. Man Critically Wounded In Shootout With University Of Chicago Police 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Students connected with the campaign also recently wrote a letter to the president and provost, saying in part that gun violence is not new and that the university must first dismantle racist systems and begin the process of reparation, on the terms of historically harmed Black communities.. 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It was jarring to see the university offer more police so quickly in response to Zhengs death, she said. "A lot of windows got shot out.". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 2023 FOX Television Stations, until MON 12:00 PM CST, Lake County, Lake County, until MON 6:00 AM CST, Lake County, Kenosha County, is in effect, LaSalle County, Newton County, from SUN 6:00 PM CST until TUE 12:00 AM CST, Lake County, Newton County, Man charged in shooting death of Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso ordered held without bond, Services announced for Chicago Police Officer Andres Mauricio Vasquez Lasso who was killed in the line of duty, Cook County man charged with murdering woman he dated for 3 years, Des Plaines man charged with attempted murder in motel stabbing, Charges filed against teen for three North Side armed robberies, Jesse Wilson: Adoptive mother arrested in boy's death in Arizona. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune). CHICAGO A 15-year-old boy was critically injured following a shooting Monday afternoon on the South Side. "IU heard 30 shots within 10 seconds, just within walking distance of here," Cole said. According to witnesses, Zheng suddenly fell and Spann kept the gun pointed at him, prosecutors said. "You can't non-profit or program your way out of gun violence," Cole said. Its OK to let this happen.. Chicago police said a Chicago Public Schools student was attacked by a group of armed. Around 6:30 p.m., two boys, ages 14 and 15, were inside a vehicle in the 5200 block of South Lake Park when they were hit by gunfire, according to Chicago police. Fortunately, it was a scrape from diving under a car.". Area One detectives are investigating. Police said a 33-year-old man was shot in the 5300 block of South Lake Park Avenue near the Promontory around 8 p.m. Thursday. About two hours earlier, someone fired shots from a Hyundai Sonata blocks away at 53rd Street and South Harper Avenue, according to a security alert from the University of Chicago. Could new DNA tech crack the JonBenet Ramsey case? Police said that shortly before 2 p.m. in the 900-block of East 54th Place a dark-color car pulled up alongside a 24-year-old man. The men, 23, were exiting a building about 2 a.m. in the 100 block of West Kinzie Street when a fight broke out between them and three other people. This is all of our challenge as residents of Chicago. Man accidentally shoots himself in the leg in Chicago's Hyde Park Chicago police said the man, 64, shot himself in the thigh around 6:55 p.m. Shanquella Robinson's family calls for diplomatic intervention, Texas mom in custody after 5 of her kids were stabbed, leaving 3 dead, Man found fatally shot inside North Side home: Chicago police. Shanquella Robinson's family calls for diplomatic intervention, Texas mom in custody after 5 of her kids were stabbed, leaving 3 dead, Man found fatally shot inside North Side home: Chicago police. The 14-year-old was hit in the leg, and was taken to Comer Childrens Hospital in critical condition, according to police. But when she thinks of Zhengs death and how nothing has changed in many years, Cai said she feels a sense of having nothing to do. The 26-year-old was driving just before 11 a.m. in the 700 block of East Midway Plaisance when someone in a white Nissan. CHICAGO Two teens were shot Tuesday night in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Why the $2B jackpot winner got less than half, No bond for man accused of killing Chicago officer, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Clipse to Headline Chicago's Hyde Park Summerfest 2023 A university spokesman said around 11:40 a.m., a UCPD officer on patrol spotted a man with a handgun near the corner of 53rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue, near the Kimbark Plaza Shopping Center. Mothers dont send our children to school to be murdered, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said in a statement after the latest shooting. Coming straight from a campus meeting with the federal Health and Human Services secretary, Congressman Bobby Rush said federal money is on the way to help combat and prevent such violence. The officer stopped his patrol car just south of 53rd Street, and the gunman started shooting, prompting the officer to take cover, and tell the gunman to get on the ground. The UCPD officer who shot the gunman will be placed on mandatory administrative leave while the shooting is under investigation by the Chicago Police Department and the university. I didnt want to believe that I would no longer be able to see my baby. A small group of people gather at 60th Street and Ellis Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 19, 2021, to call for things like disarming the University of Chicago Police Department and to speak out against the use of security cameras in the community. "This is devastating news for our entire community," the statement said in part. The university said they are working with CPD for their investigation, and have increased University of Chicago Police Department patrols near campus. RELATED: Chicago shooting: 4-year-old boy shot inside parked car in South Chicago, police say. And Zheng was the third student or recent graduate from the university to have been fatally shot in Chicago within a year: two in Hyde Park, one on the Green Line. A man got out of the car, pulled out a gun and demanded the 24-year-old's property. They wanted more shuttle routes for students, and for the university to design a committee to address violence in the neighborhood. She was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. Victim identified as Shaoxiong Zheng, who friends say went by Dennis. Security? CHICAGO - A 17-year-old girl was shot in the head inside a home in Hyde Park on Wednesday morning. The victim was shot at about 9:15 a.m. in the 4500 block of South Drexel Avenue. How safe do you feel in this area? / CBS Chicago. He was the second victim who was an international student from China. The proof is literally in the existence of University of Chicago and the fact that it can sit inside one of the most terrorized neighborhoods when it comes to gun violence and think that epidemic shouldnt touch their campus, they said. A 29-year-old doctoral student from China, who has been living in the United States for 10 years, said she was afraid the rally may be taken out of context and used to perpetuate right-wing agendas. Then the shooter got back in the car and fled westbound on 54th Place. Hours earlier, a 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in West Chatham. Heres a great opportunity for us to become one Chicago and to think about this as one team, Foreman said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead, police said. As educators, parents, and community members, we are deeply disturbed and outraged. A university spokesman said around 11:40 a.m., a UCPD officer on patrol spotted a man with a handgun near the corner of 53rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue, near the Kimbark Plaza Shopping Center. Cai tried to stay calm. Poles needs to make sure Eberflus maintains significant input. Despite a nearby doctor quickly doing chest compressions and the ambulance ride being only half a mile, Zheng was pronounced dead in less than 20 minutes, from a gunshot wound to the arm. It becomes other stuff.. Nick Jackson is mourning the loss of his close friend. The immediate response was to increase police presence, even as others pushed back, saying Hyde Park already has two police forces plus unarmed security guards, and that overpolicing could further harm their Black and brown neighbors. They had not issued any comment on that video as of late Tuesday night, but the university said it will make video footage of the shooting publicly available "as soon as possible.". grade A+. . It was not clear if the victim moved to give up his things, but the man opened fire, shooting the victim in the chest, police said. A UChicago Police Department officer shot an unidentified man around 11:44 a.m. Tuesday near 53rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Hyde Park. Alicia Hurtado, a 21-year-old undergraduate student and an organizer with #CareNotCops, said Hyde Park already resembles a police state, with the line between Chicago police and university police blurring, but gun violence continues to occur. Chicago shooting: Jason Nightengale shoots 7 victims, killing at least The men, 23, were exiting a building about 2 a.m. in the 100 block of West Kinzie Street when a fight broke out between them and three other people. Man Critically Wounded in Shoot-Out With University of Chicago Police The Sonata had been reported stolen Monday, according to the alert. Victor Zhang, an economics undergraduate student, speaks out as students rally to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus on Nov. 16, 2021. He sent out his resume to find work as a data scientist, possibly in California, maybe even Silicon Valley, Cai said. At a court hearing last week, prosecutors said Zheng was walking home from campus in the 900 block of East 54th Place when 18-year-old Alton Spann got out of a stolen Ford Mustang. Lincoln Park. A Chicago police officer collects blood samples at a fatal shooting scene in the 900 block of East 54th Place in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Nov. 9, 2021, in Chicago. Two teens were injured, one critically, in a shooting Tuesday in Hyde Park, police said. My high school would give anything to say they lost three students this year.. The University of Chicago released a statement Tuesday afternoon confirming the victim was a recent graduate of the college, though they did not identify him. She stood on a podium and spoke in Mandarin to the hundreds of mourners. Victim and suspect in Summerfield area shooting identified; the victim The University of Chicago released a statement Tuesday afternoon confirming the victim was a recent graduate of the college. Life on a third straight one-year contract with the mega-talented Astros isnt bad at all. But those at the rally all agreed there should be long-term actions in the South Side and they are aware of the violence there, said the student, who did not wish to be named. Da Ting, a doctoral chemistry student, remembers his friend Shaoxiong "Dennis" Zheng on Nov. 16, 2021, after students rally to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus. No one is currently in custody. The crowd was emotional, yelling demands into a megaphone, even arguing among themselves over solutions. Regardless, this is unacceptable and the people of the First District deserve better," Cole said in a post on Facebook. This impact is being felt in China. At least 200 students gathered Tuesday at the campuss Main Quadrangle. Theyre a world-class university so they need to be more neighborly by expanding academic program access and by hiring more people of color so theyre not so isolated, he said. A man got out of the car, pulled out a gun and demanded the 24-year-old's property. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune), The main impact of what whatever theyre saying and the main outcome of what is going to happen is more police, more traffic stops, more pedestrian stops, more cameras; and thats more violence, she said. grade A+. The officer then shot the gunman twice as he advanced on the officer. He had written a book on statistics and hosted a blog on WeChat with at least 3,000 followers. January 20, 2022, 10:03 AM. November 9, 2021, 8:01 PM. This is how they get down nowadays. 5 women robbed of iPhones in Hyde Park, police say Two people were killed and seven others injured after a shooting broke out Tuesday evening at Chicago's Washington Park following an altercation . Kitchen Possible cooking school empowers kids in Chicago's Pilsen, East Da Ting, a doctoral chemistry student, remembers his friend Shaoxiong "Dennis" Zheng on Nov. 16, 2021, after students rally to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus. People on the South Side and the surrounding communities feel unsafe on a daily basis, he said. A 57-year-old man was shot early Friday morning during an attempted robbery in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. And digging into the past 2-years Shootings are up 108-percent. Three people, including a 6-year-old girl, were shot after a home invasion in Land O'Lakes on Friday. Some businesses in the Kimbark Plaza Shopping Center said police told them the shopping center would be closed for a few hours Tuesday afternoon while the shooting is under investigation. You can see panicked drivers backing up as police swarm in. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). "I want to be clear that, I am not sure if I was an intended target today or if it was a random shooting. People are exposed to gun violence on a daily basis because of things they had no choice in. The university, city and police swiftly offered condolences and short-term solutions: add patrols and cameras and extend transportation options for students. CHICAGO - A person was wounded in a shootout with a University of Chicago police officer Tuesday morning in Hyde Park on the South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Robertson at 336-641-5969 or Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000. Both of these shootings happened in the 2nd District. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune). You dont want to think about those issues as politics anymore. Employees at Nicky's Chinese Restaurant on the corner said they saw over 10 flashes go off. The school held a webinar that night, where University President Paul Alivisatos said the violence was on the same scale as a public health crisis. Then the shooter got back in the car and fled west on 54th Place. Neighborhood in Chicago, IL; Rating 4.36 out of 5 84 reviews. Teenage girl critically wounded in shooting on South Side Ed Burke's five-decade reign running the ward. Chicago police are warning women in the Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods, to put their iPhones away after five robberies last month. OK, whos next? Foreman said he thinks its important that the university is using its muscle to ask the city for resources to stop the violence but that they should be looking for solutions that benefit all of the city, not just Hyde Park. The GM and coach seem to be more cohesive than Ryan Pace was with Matt Nagy and John Fox. A different shooting two hours later left a 24-year-old man, who was a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, dead. I want to emphasize that this was an economically motivated crime, which means a lot of this results from the glaring inequalities between the Hyde Park community and the surrounding communities that have been exacerbated and perpetuated by the university and its practices of displacement.. We sent the video to the UCPD late Tuesday. Rep. Bobby Rush came to the neighborhood after the shooting, saying he is pushing in Congress for a stronger response to gun violence.. First published on November 10, 2021 / 11:56 AM. We have no uncles or cousins. She was. You and your longingness for life, your love for your family, and your care for your fellow students, all disappeared entirely from my life with that murderers bullet, she said. Lance Williams, a professor of urban studies at Northeastern Illinois University, said the University of Chicago exists in a bubble., A sign is seen on the University of Chicago campus on Nov. 16, 2021, as students rally to call attention to recent violence surrounding the campus. 2 People Shot While Driving In Hyde Park - CBS Chicago The GM and coach seem to be more cohesive than Ryan Pace was with Matt Nagy and John Fox. Calderon is one of many students, 8 to 12 years old, who attend Kitchen Possible's weekly cooking classes in Chicago's Pilsen, East Garfield Park and Hyde Park neighborhoods. According to Chicago police, the teens were . By Marlene Lenthang. Hyde Park shooting: Man shot during attempted robbery on South Side A small group of people gather at 60th Street and Ellis Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 19, 2021, to call for things like disarming the University of Chicago Police Department and to speak out against the use of security cameras in the community. I just panicked, she said. A member of University of Chicago security stands near an emergency phone at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park on Nov. 11, 2021, in Chicago. Zhengs death became a catalyst that attracted media attention and a response from the city. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Cole says it's all the more reason why the federal government needs to step in. The university cares about its reputation its ability to attract rich students who pay tuition and thats bottom line at the beginning of the day., Vee Morris-Moore, an organizer with Assatas Daughters, a community organization led by Black women and gender-nonconforming people based in Washington Park, spoke at the rally about how the international community is experiencing the loss of someone who looks like them, which is a feeling that South Side natives are charged with., As Black people, we understand the feeling and the passion behind wanting to be safe, but when you promote things like Youre here to learn and not to die, you have to think about what that says to your neighbors who are up the street, they said. Poll. Then she saw the messages on Twitter and WeChat a 24-year-old male had been shot. By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. We need publicly funded mental health services.". 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mourners leave Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in Chicago after attending a memorial service for Shaoxiong Dennis Zheng on Nov. 18, 2021. Police said the teen was inside a residence when she sustained one gunshot wound to the head. Zhengs death wasnt the only act of violence to occur within the neighborhood that week. Hyde Park shooting: Man shot by UChicago officer charged - Yahoo! News As a friend drove Cai to the emergency room, a doctor called to tell her Zheng didnt make it. A mourner writes on a condolence sheet on Nov. 10, 2021, during a silent vigil in memory of Shaoxiong Dennis Zheng, a recent University of Chicago graduate who was fatally shot the previous day while being robbed by a gunman. The officer had stopped to investigate reports of a person walking with a handgun, university officials said. "You can't nonprofit your way out of this. Victor Zhang, an economics undergraduate student, speaks out as students rally to call attention to recent violence surrounding the University of Chicago campus on Nov. 16, 2021. Police? He said he would remove officers if they were found to have a racial bias. The university . "One of the reasons we chose this area is because we thought it was a little bit safer, relatively speaking, compared to the other areas around Hyde Park, so just to hear about this incident, yeah, it definitely scares me," said Francis Choi, graduate student. He must have felt helpless when he was shot and as he lay on foreign soil, she said. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.