A 17-year-old boy found lying in the middle of a South Side street overnight had been shot multiple times, Chicago police said, but detectives are still trying to determine exactly when the shooting occurred. Nobody called 911 to report gunfire in the area. And the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system that once covered the neighborhood was removed nearly two years ago by Mayor Brandon Johnson, despite opposition from a City Council supermajority that included local Ald. Gregory Mitchell.
At about 1:28 a.m., a passerby called 911 to report a person lying in the street in the 8300 block of South Oglesby Avenue, police said. When Chicago Fire Department personnel arrived, they discovered the victim had been shot and summoned CPD. He was later found to have suffered nine gunshot wounds.
Officers recovered about six shell casings in the street near the boy and found a screwdriver next to a nearby vehicle. Dispatchers checked hours of 911 records and confirmed they had not received any reports of gunfire in the area before the “person down” call, according to police radio traffic…