Eric Tendian
@EricTendian
Relentlessly curious. Site Reliability Engineer by day, #ChicagoScanner by night. Built @CrimeIsDown. Nothing is impossible.
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I just onviewed some kid trying to hijack a police car over at Grand and Ashland. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
Around 1:00 AM a kid tried stealing a Chicago Police Squad Car at Grand and Ashland in the 012th district . The individual was taken into custody . With a assistance of a 019th district officer who was in the area for another assignment #ChicagoScanner
Weather rolling in, cold front has arrived, rain to follow #ChicagoStreetRace


Race control needed to call a caution here on lap 59. A spectator medical emergency necessitated the field to be under caution so an ambulance could exit the facility.
This is a new one. #NASCAR had to throw a caution since an ambulance needed to cross the #ChicagoStreetRace course.
There was a street takeover at Columbus/Ida B Wells today… #ChicagoStreetRace #Chicago
One of three children injured in a stabbing on the city's Northwest Side on Friday morning has died, a source confirms. Read the full stroy: tinyurl.com/bdv6va4x
The child transported by Ambulance 3 was pronounced at 10:02 #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
At 9:28 2522 called an emergency, "get the fire department here", his radio was mostly unreadable "We need immediate rescue to this basement door, there's a juvenile in there, the building is on fire" #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
"Mom's outside, she's covered in blood, got the knife away from her, there's supposed to be an aggressive male in there, haven't seen hyde nor hare of him, he has a knife too" #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
Z12 at about 9:21am: 2522: "I've got a child yelling for help down in the basement window, we're trying to get her out the window, I do see blood, gimme a few more cars, the mother is supposed to be upstairs w/ a knife" #Chicago #ChicagoScanner #ShitCPDSays
Going defensive, heavy fire in the attic 4-5-4 reports 3 victims so far Adult female, red & 2 peds, 1 red, 1 yellow #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
EMS has victims from the fire & also reports of a person(s) stabbed #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
3651 W Palmer a fire CPD says there is an armed offender in the building #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
This is the 11th mass shooting with a double-digit victim count in our data set going back to 2013. It's also the one with the largest overall tally, 18. Other mass shootings with 10 or more victims: 15 victims 10/29/23 - 1200 S Pulaski 7/21/20 - 1000 W 79th 14 victims…
At least 18 people shot, 4 fatally after a carload of drive-by gunmen opened fire on the crowd leaving a rap star’s “release party” at a River North nightclub At least 3 gunmen, per source It’s the *second* mass shooting at the same location since 2022 cwbchicago.com/2025/07/18-sho…
Chicago police work the crime scene where 4 people were killed and 14 people were wounded in a drive by shooting at Artis Restaurant and Lounge at 311 W. Chicago Ave. in the River North neighborhood during an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz in Chicago, Illinois, on…
At least 18 people shot, 4 fatally after a carload of drive-by gunmen opened fire on the crowd leaving a rap star’s “release party” at a River North nightclub At least 3 gunmen, per source It’s the *second* mass shooting at the same location since 2022 cwbchicago.com/2025/07/18-sho…
Story from Caroline Kubzansky and @samjcharles - chicagotribune.com/2025/07/03/nea…