Authorities seek public assistance to solve deadly mass shooting on Chicago’s Southwest Side; $20k reward offered

CHICAGO — Authorities are appealing to the public in hoping someone with information will come forward to help solve a deadly mass shooting that happened on Dec. 2 in Gage Park, located on the city’s Southwest Side .

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) is offering a $10,000 reward and Cook County Crime Stoppers is putting forth another $10,000. On Saturday, volunteers and investigators went door-to-door, hoping to ease concerns and encourage people to come forward anonymously if they know something.

“If they did this, what did they do before and what are they going to do after?” asked Cook County Crime Stoppers Chairman George McDade.

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Investigators are hoping that anyone with information will speak up, so whoever is responsible won’t have the chance to hurt another person ever again.

Three lives were taken during that shooting on Dec. 2. It happened just after 2 p.m. inside a now-boarded up home near West 59th Street and St. Louis Avenue during an alleged party.

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