One year after mayor unplugged ShotSpotter, another shooting victim dies with nobody reporting gunfire

A 53-year-old man was found shot to death on a West Pullman street Sunday afternoon, a murder committed without any 911 calls reporting gunfire in the area.

Exactly when the man was shot remains unclear, a detail missing in part because Mayor Brandon Johnson disconnected the city’s gunfire detection system almost exactly one year ago.

CPD said they were called to the 11800 block of South Emerald Avenue around 3:15 p.m. for a report of a person down. Officers found the man outside, unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to Christ Hospital in critical condition but did not survive…

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