- Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’s confident the city has a plan to prevent any more mob attacks this weekend.
[....] “But I'm confident in the public safety of our city regardless of what neighborhood you live in. And that we have a strategy of putting more resources, of putting police on the street which is where we need to put those resources. So I am confident as it relates not just to this weekend, but during the week and every weekend in every neighborhood."
- A 15-year-old boy was mugged at gunpoint and struck on the head by a group of teens near the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the West Loop on Tuesday evening.
The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. near an alley at 101 N. Clinton St., according to police News Affairs Officer [...].
The victim was approached by a group of seven male teens,....
One, who was armed with a handgun, approached the victim and demanded his money, according to police. A second teen struck the victim on the back of his head,....
The group got the boy's cell phone, cash and a bus card, police said.
We're betting he drops that "f-bomb" any day now.