5Viewer 1 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Shots fired outside Loop TV studio Officials said two people were shot outside the WLS-Ch. 7 studios near State and Randolph Streets. A Chicago police officer was shot but the bullet was blocked by the officer's bulletproof vest, Chicago Fire Department officials said. Another person was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. A source said a man tried to snatch a woman's purse on the street and a Chicago police officer who was nearby responded. A witness told the Tribune he heard four gunshots. Bobby Polk said he turned to see a man holding "a butcher knife" to a woman's throat. As many as five police officers were pursuing him. "The policeman shouted 'Stop, stop,' but he didn't and that's when [the officer] shot him," said Polk, 20. The man was burly, had a white beard and looked disheveled, he said. Chicago Police News Affairs officer Laura Kubiak said calls of a shooting on the busy Loop street came in at 12:49 p.m. Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/wgnam-shots-fired-outside-loop-tv-studio,0,86745.story?track=rss-topicgallery Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5715-shots-fired-outside-wls/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskanews 113 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I love shootings close to the station! Makes life sooooooo much easier. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5715-shots-fired-outside-wls/#findComment-53571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I love shootings close to the station! Makes life sooooooo much easier. Very rarely can you use the studio cameras to provide a live, on location report on a shooting. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5715-shots-fired-outside-wls/#findComment-53572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Very rarely can you use the studio cameras to provide a live, on location report on a shooting. Or a car crashing through the studio.. lol New Slogan: ABC 7 News.. Where the action is! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5715-shots-fired-outside-wls/#findComment-53577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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