Chicago’s top cop blamed a mass shooting in Back of the Yards on a convicted felon who was recently arrested on gun charges but was released on cash bond despite his violent record.
Supt. David Brown told reporters Wednesday that Sergio Barron, 28, is behind much of the recent gang violence in the South Side neighborhood, where homicides are up 100% from a year ago and shootings are up 48%.Barron was released recently after serving eight years on gun charges and assaulting police. He was soon arrested again, in March, and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. He was released from Cook County Jail the next day on $10,000 bail.
The Back of the Yards shooting was one of two mass attacks hours apart on the South Side. In the other, In the Back of the Yards attack, Brown said two rival gangs who have been fighting for the last month or so began "exchanging gunfire" on a street where children were playing near an open fire hydrant.
Brown said responding officers were attacked by gang members at the scene, disputing reports that onlookers were angry that police were not administering life-saving measures to the victims. "The conflict led to an exchange of gunfire" around 10:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Richards Drive, Brown said.Four women and two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night in Jackson Park on the South Side.
A 21-year-old man was grazed in the head and was also taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.What to know about electronic monitoring in Cook County
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