Crime & Safety

Shell Casings Found After Reports of Shots Fired Inside Trailer Park

Oak Lawn Police investigate reports of multiple shots fired in Airway Trailer Park on Monday afternoon. No signs of shooter, property damage or gunshot victims after shell casings were found, cops say.

Oak Lawn Police responded to calls of shots fired near 90th Street and Cicero on Monday afternoon.

Division Chief Tom Simon, of the Oak Lawn Police Department, said that two calls were received around 1:30 p.m. from two residents of the Airway Trailer Park who reported hearing multiple shots being fired from inside the trailer park.

One of the callers reported seeing a male subject in a gray hoodie leaving the park with what appeared to be a gun in his hand, Simon said.

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“We set up a perimeter around the park,” Simon said. “We found numerous shell casings in the grass between two trailer homes.”

Simon said there were no signs of property damage inside the trailer park or bullet holes in trailer homes. Police checked area hospitals, including Advocate Christ Medical Center, and there were no reports of a gunshot victim from Oak Lawn seeking medical treatment.

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Aside from shell casings, police could not find the shooter.

Police could not determine what the reported shooter shot at or if he shot up into the air.

“Oak Lawn police found no evidence of anyone being injured or any property damage,” Simon said.  “Officers searched the area, but could not locate the offender.”

An Everbridge emergency alert was issued around the time the gunshots were reported.  


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