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Shootings in Chicago, Philadelphia and Joliet Put Focus Back on Chicago’s ShotSpotter Shutdown

The Hyde Park case renews scrutiny of Chicago’s 2024 decision to end ShotSpotter, a sensor system that alerts police to likely gunfire.

Overview

  • In Hyde Park, a jogger found a 31-year-old man critically wounded near Cornell Park after an earlier 911 report of shots did not lead officers to a scene, raising concerns that the removal of ShotSpotter slowed the discovery.
  • Investigators recovered three shell casings near the victim and are following a lead that a white Volkswagen seen fleeing was recently stolen from Lincoln Park.
  • Chicago police reported at least six people shot in separate incidents overnight across the city, including one fatality, as detectives work several unrelated cases.
  • Philadelphia police said gunfire on a North 25th Street stoop left one man dead and two others in critical condition, with no arrests and no suspect description released.
  • Joliet police detained Willis Ellis and filed charges after an argument outside a home ended in the fatal shooting of Lyndon B. Hunt, and prosecutors are reviewing the case.