Person sprays bear mace into crowd at intersection, Chicago IL

Person sprays bear mace into crowd at intersection

Assault

Reported: 08/10/2025 12:49 AM (PDT)

N Lamon Ave & W Maypole Ave, Chicago, IL 60644

Officers respond on foot to a scene where someone sprayed bear mace into a crowd at the intersection of Maypole and Lamon.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 12

01:48

Transcript:
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120.
00:03
120. Okay.
00:04
Okay.
00:06
Weston-Lamon-Lamon is here for the ambulance.
00:08
Yes, sir.
00:11
All right, what's on the Monaster for the ambulance? I will send them an update.
00:17
X-ray 11-10[2].
00:19
X-ray 11-10[2].
00:23
Myself and a couple of other officers are a shielding fire on foot.
00:27
down Maypole to LeMond and we're going, we're walking there right now.
00:31
I don't know about the Angeles, but we're walking there on foot.
00:35
X-11-10-07 of the offers on foot going down.
00:38
10-100[1].
00:43
1000.
00:45
Squad, I'm bringing 10 officers with me.
00:48
We're about 250 feet from Lamont.
01:10
1132[3], there's spraying bear mace in the crowd.
01:13
All right, we're at.
01:22
For 1132[3], there's spraying bear mace in the crowd.
01:38
Yeah, it's unfortunate.
01:40
John John 368-984.
01:43
John-John 368-984.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-100: Possible emergency/urgent situation (context unclear, but used to signal urgency)

[2]

X-ray 11-10: Officer call sign, referencing their response

[3]

1132: Officer call sign, reporting bear mace being sprayed

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N Lamon Ave & W Maypole Ave, Chicago, IL 60644

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