An 18-year-old man found critically wounded in a Burnside alley on Friday afternoon said he had been kidnapped, dumped at the scene, and shot. But his discovery was delayed by two key factors: no one called 911 to report gunfire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson dismantled the area’s gunshot detection system last September.
Chicago police responded to a “person down” call behind the 9000 block of South University Avenue around 3:44 p.m. and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound to his left thigh. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
According to preliminary reports, the victim told people who found him that he was forced into a black Dodge Charger, driven to the alley, and shot. Officers discovered blood spatter in a nearby gangway, lending credibility to his account…