2 more victims are found shot with no calls of gunfire in areas previously served by ShotSpotter

CHICAGO — Companies that want to pitch the city of Chicago on technology that could replace ShotSpotter’s gunfire sensors originally had until 3 p.m. today to get their paperwork turned in. But the city has extended the deadline for for proposals for services that sound a lot like ShotSpotter.

Meanwhile, in parts of the city previously served by the technology, people continue to be shot without anyone calling 911 to report the gunfire that injured them.

At about 9:42 p.m. on October 21, a woman found her son fatally shot on their porch in the 10900 block of South Indiana. Several shell casings were lying next to the 27-year-old, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Chicago’s 911 call center did not receive any calls about shots fired in the area before the woman found her son.

A 37-year-old man was shot while standing in an alley in the 3900 block of South Lexington around 3:05 a.m. last Saturday, October 26. Nobody called 911 about gunfire in the area, so the man had to go door-to-door, knocking on doors and ringing doorbells until someone agreed to call 911.

The resident who finally helped the man told dispatchers that they didn’t know the man, who was in and out of consciousness. He survived.