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Drag racers block intersection, some vehicles armedChicago IL

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W Harrison St & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

A large group of drag racers blocked an intersection, doing donuts. Some of the vehicles were reported to be armed, and one person threw a white powdery substance into a police car.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
04:5
Transcript:
I guess if there's someone in the rear of the building between the second and third floor with a suitcase and no shoes on, just they want you to check on them. 10-4[1]-4-4-5. Can you show that the station on paper. 10-4-35. And still for the Unison 12. multiple calls for the drag racers, Hallstead and Harris. You buy one on Zone 3. You have I one on Zone 3. Yes, ma'am. We have officers around to that, but there's a lot of people and they have that whole intersection shutdown doing donuts with a bunch of people standing by. 46.05. 4.6.5. Still with my fault. Okay. 142-0, call back. Can't get to the rear. Negative. That's not collect that information. 4-6-2-5. Go ahead. We have a couple of three days. We've got cars going to all directions. We currently have three to the same. 2320 hours, about how many cars are there? Yeah, this first squad is going different directions. It's clearing up now. Okay. You can be able to slowdown if you need it. We're getting a slowdown for the drag racers, Helstead and Harrison. If you're not there, slowdown. You buy one on Zone 3. I'll hide you by one. Yes, ma'am. Just for your 43 officers that were on scene stated that some of those vehicles are armed and also one of the subjects threw some type of white powdery substance into our officer's car. So use caution, please. of the vehicle that through the powder or which car is armed with a weapon? Stand by, let me try. All right. Units respond to the drag racers. Just use caution. For you have I won one of the subjects threw white powdery substance into a squad car and then someone else is armed. Call back. Yeah, we'll try it. One, four, two, three. We were made contact, we're going to be on the second floor and the rear. Second floor, rear, ten four. You'll buy one on zone three again. That's a negative on both. No description of the vehicles. However, officer reporting that they were armed, those vehicles went westbound on Harrison. And as far as the subject that threw the white powdery substance, there's no description. Okay, from Hallstead and Harrison, unknown vehicle was armed with a weapon. They fled westbound on Harrison.
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Okay

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W Harrison St & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

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