A father and his younger daughter have been overtly attacked simply earlier than they deliberate on trick or treating on Halloween in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
Surveillance video reveals Ting Chui getting his daughter out of the automobile to go trick-or-treating on Friday afternoon close to twenty sixth Road and South Emerald Avenue; the younger lady had a bag for sweet in tow.
Moments after exiting the automobile, a person runs up and factors a gun at Chui’s head earlier than hitting him within the face with the weapon.
The video reveals a second suspect strategy Chui and begin hitting him and taking his belongings. A 3rd suspect runs to the driving force’s facet of the automobile and takes off.
Chui’s younger daughter witnessed all of it unfold.
“Throughout that state of affairs she was crying, I didn’t know what to do, I couldn’t actually assist her, I used to be frozen and had a gun to my face,” he mentioned. “I used to be robbed of my cellphone, automobile and pockets. They took every part.”
Police discovered the automobile practically 5 miles away alongside South Maplewood close to West Jackson Boulevard on the Close to West Facet.
On Sunday, Bridgeport residents marched via their neighborhood to demand extra police patrols.
“We’re sick of this. We’d like our authorities officers to start out taking a stand and caring for our neighbors this isn’t proper,” mentioned one neighbor.
Police hadn’t made any arrests as of Sunday evening.
Cook dinner County Crime Stoppers Government Director Paul Rutherford issued a press release saying, partially, “this was a brazen assault that came about in broad daylight and endangered each an grownup and a baby. A baby who ought to have been excited to go trick-or-treating, however as an alternative witnessed the dad being robbed. We’re asking the group to do the fitting factor.”
Crime Stoppers is providing a $1,000 reward for info resulting in an arrest. Group activists mentioned they’re including an extra $5,000 for info resulting in an arrest and conviction.
Nameless suggestions will be submitted to Cook dinner County Crime Stoppers in any of the next methods:
