Gunshots Fired Outside of Chuck E. Cheese's

No injuries have been reported but a car was hit in the parking lot. Man sitting inside the car said he dove under the steering wheel to avoid being hit.

About ten gunshots were reported fired in the parking lot outside of Chuck E. Cheese at 4301 W. 95th St in Oak Lawn around 8:45 p.m. Saturday. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. A 21-year-old man attending his child’s birthday party at the fun emporium said he had just put a birthday cake inside his car that was parked on the east side of the restaurant facing Pulaski Road. He was sitting in the front driver’s seat when he heard gunshots. “When I got and in and closed the door I heard three or four shots, boom, boom, boom,” he said. “I dived under the steering wheel and I heard five more shots when the cops came up. That’s why I didn’t get hit.” The man said the bullets came through the car seats. He did not see the shooter …

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Mom Starts Scuffle at Chuck E. Cheese, Cops Say

Chicago woman not happy when other moms criticize her child's behavior inside at children's birthday party emporium, police say.

  A Chicago woman was issued two village citations for battery following a scuffle at a children’s birthday party emporium, reports said. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Oak Lawn police answered a call of a woman arguing with customers at Chuck E. Cheese, 4031 W. 95th St. around 7:08 p.m. Oct. 18. When police rolled up on the scene, those involved in the alleged argument were standing in front of the restaurant. According to the report, two women said that Sharina Junior, 30, pushed them both in the chest after they criticized her child’s behavior inside of Chuck E. Cheese. Police interviewed both women separately, who stated that a scuffle ensued when Junior allegedly began swinging at the women with …

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8:49 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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