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Man fires shot during robbery attempt on Chicago bus 

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127th Street & Halsted, Chicago, IL 60628
A man with dreadlocks tried to rob a passenger on a Chicago bus and fired a shot. The victim refused police help and left. The shooter ran away on foot.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 09
03:19

Transcript:
Ten four. All the two is no answer. Unison five. All right, units to five. Units to five. Units on a citywide. Can get in a couple calls. First one came into person with a gun on the CTA bus, 1-2-7 and low. 1-2-7 on low. Male, (name withheld), 6 feet with locks. White tank, blasting westbound, tried to rob another rider. One shot was fired. Victim was refusing police, blasting westbound on foot. Now we're getting the call of a person shot. Person shot. Person shot, 1-2-6 in Austin, 1-265-9, 9-stop Austin. Aboard to CTA bus. Bus number 1-229,000, facing westbound shots fired on the CTA both. That's all I have for time. No further. In five, zero nine, we're done. Five to four, you're right. Three, two, tell me going. All right, Charles, we're going. All right, ten, four. It's your paper. Who's that, five, six, two, Charlie, you're going? Ten, four. All right, ten, four. Three-two, ten, ten, four. All right, they changed the second ticket. Saying that it's now just shot, the fire get unknown. The bus is supposed to be bus number 1229, 127 in Halston, 1-2-7 in Halston, standing facing Westbound. With details to follow. 11 Roberts, he'll be going. 11 Robert 10.4. Good morning. 60 Charlie, are you x-right 506 Charlie today? Yeah, my fault. All right. 5.3. 5.23. Maker 5.1.2. Short. $6.2. Charlie. 825 in Holston. I'm sorry. 60, Charlie. $6.2. Charlie. $6.2. Charlie. You're at 1-25 and Austin with the bus? 5-6-2-Charlie, I'm not copy. So I try it again. Yes, the bus is on 1-2-5-Hawson. All right, 10-4[1]. 5-6-2-Challey's on same with the bus, 1-25-Hawsted with the bus. 5-6-2-2-Charlie. Nobody was shot. The victim left from 125 in Halston off the bus didn't want police service. All right, 10-4. We still have a description of the shooter now. Tall, male, (name withheld), dreadlocks, dark complex, and white tank top. He was the shooter. We're going to tour the area looking for the offender. All right, 10, 4. Is there any damage to property to CGA bus?

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10-4: Acknowledgement/Received

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127th Street & Halsted, Chicago, IL 60628
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