Update:
“The victim was simply protecting himself from 3 guys and a female that ran up on him in the back yard. The victim got hit in the head 4 times with a bat. Before he was able to protect himself. ”
One person was shot in the face, another person shot in the temple and at least one person beaten with a baseball bat.
WCSO said this was a simple battery call
Another person involved said: The girl that got a pellet in her face came to my house with her bf with a baseball bat and 2 other guys to beat up a guy that was at my house. Her boyfriend hit my friend in the head 4 times with a bat then tried to run them over, so yes in self defense. He shot them with a pellet gun
Sources are reporting a victim was beaten with a bat in Machesney Park.
The victim was at an address in the 700 block of Kingsley Drive in Machesney Park.
No suspect information, due to the encryption.
Unknown if it is related, but there is another victim on Ramona Terrace as well.
Still developing.
From the victims mother said: “This started when the alleged victim was stalking and stopped at the girls house that was shot .. for unknown reasons started a confrontation with the true victim. After the bf had asked him to stay away.. a gun was displayed and knowing the man is a felon a fight occured. Witness have said the man was in the street shooting people”
Sources are reporting a possible burglary to A to Z Towing on Elm ave in Machesney Park around 1 am this morning.
Reports of the business was burglarized.
Unknown if it is related but neighbors said there was a dark colored truck with window stickers of a woman in the back window that were light colored, that was in the area acting suspiciously just prior to the burglary.
Update: Sources are reporting a bad accident on the bridge. Weather may have played a factor in the accident. The salt trucks are laying down a lot of salt onto the bridge.
Sources are reporting the Harlem bridge in Machesney Park is blocked off by police. It is not yet clear what is going on. Sources said several emergency personnel are on scene and police have the bridge blocked off.
UPDATE: Sources said the alleged suspect is 22 year old Steven J. Hawks. He was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting police, robbery and drugs. Currently on no bond until he goes to court, the $150 was for a warrant.
Sources reporting numerous emergency personnel working a scene in Machesney Park. Several police officers are searching the apartment complexes near Seaton Hall, Zenith Parkway, Delta Drive, etc…. for a suspect.
Sounds like they have a large police perimeter in the area searching for a suspect.
We cant confirm it because the encryption and police haven’t released any information.
We will try to bring you updates as they become available.
Sources said around 5 pm there were several officers working a scene at the Cash Store at N Second and Windsor. They said it appeared to be a robbery to the business. But for obvious reasons, we cant confirm it. Police did confirm there was a scene there, but said it was an “alarm (non specific)” The same type of call the bank robbery not to long ago was.
