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CHICAGO (CBS) — The security detail for Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark fired shots at the busy intersection of North Avenue and Halsted Street Wednesday afternoon after they witnessed an armed robbery.
At 1:55 p.m., the Harvey mayor was in a sport-utility vehicle with his security detail at the intersection when they saw two armed robbers – reportedly wearing masks – attempt to hold up a man at a Chicago Transit Authority bus stop.
The robbers got into a Jeep sport-utility vehicle, and Clark’s security detail fired shots and blew out the back window of the Jeep.
The robbers escaped in the Jeep and have not been seen since.
It was not clear if they were injured.
There was no indication that the south suburban mayor was personally targeted. Earlier reports had indicated that shots were fired at the mayor, but it was later learned this was not correct — and the robbers never fired any shots.
Sources told CBS 2’s Jermont Terry that Mayor Clark was safe, and that the Harvey police command staff was heading to Chicago.
Police cordoned off Halsted Street just south of North Avenue, in front of Design within Reach and Joybird — which carry an address of 755 W. North Ave. but face Halsted Street. A black sport-utility vehicle was seen within the crime scene perimeter as police interviewed witnesses.
The busy North/Clybourn Red Line stop, the Apple Store Lincoln Park, and Yondorf Hall — a historic building that houses rehearsal space and offices for the Steppenwolf Theatre and a Fey & Co. jewelry store — are also located nearby.
A staffer at Fey & Co. said she heard the shots ring out when it happened. She said police and witnesses told her two men in ski masks driving a Jeep tried to rob someone, and two off-duty suburban officers shot at them.
Clark has been mayor of Harvey since May 2019.
Source: ChicagoCBS
