Transcripts For WGN WGN News At Nine 20130921 : vimarsana.co

Transcripts For WGN WGN News At Nine 20130921

Shooting a military grade weapon. He is not talking. Talking. At mount sinai hospital three of the victims were treated and they had a visit from rahm emanuel. This woman was among those hit and she said she is fortunate to be alive. I am glad to be here. I leave that up to god. A 17 yearold corporal shot in the foot and a 50 yearold boy shot in the arm and they are stable at lacrosse hospital. Mayor rahm emanuel says that should not take the optimism public from chicago used but tell that to this woman who once went to the park every day but now her parents say not anymore. Father michael phlager was in the streets during a peace march tonight and join him with former nba player and coach isiah thomas. What the resources to stop this violence. You have a perfect storm when you have four schools no jobs and the communities like thurber developments and hopelessness on our streets. Rev. Corey brooks say people in chicago need to take notice now even if they have not before and a city desensitized to gun violence should alert even the most jaded among us. In connecticut when it was a smash it connecticut should out stood up. In d. C. When there was a mass shooting they stood up. And now when we have a mass shooting in our city a great city it is important that we in chicago standup. The boys uncle was killed by gunfire over the Labor Day Weekend and the boy has suffered extensive damage to his face and will need several rounds of reconstructive surgery. Live at mount sinai hospital of the west side, back to you. Lets go back to julian with more on the story. We have seen police saturating the back of the arts neighborhood and of course detectives continuing to question several individuals. News a affairs not revealing much and superintendent mccarthy and came to area central headquarters earlier this evening of not showing his cards but he says he believes there will be a break in this case. The citys top cop expect a swift resolution to the case that has drawn on wanted National Attention to chicago. Kerry mccarthy says that detectives have several people they are talking to. We have an indication there were a number of offenders on the scene. Hominy fired is being investigated. It may be as many as three or maybe just one. Says there are leads coming in a measure of the outrage over the shooting that injured 13 in the back of the yards. Rahm emanuel urging witnesses to come forward. For a city to have its sense of civility and sense of community. It must live by a sense of morality and not silence. They were dismayed of another deplorable act of gun violence this time in his home town. The president sent his condolences to those shot and the president remains committed to pushing congress to push commonsense measures and is doing what he can in its executive power to reduce gun violence. The president s reaction coming on news that a military Assault Rifle was used in the attack. Based on ballistic evidence at the scene and information and intelligence at the scene we believe the weapon used was an assault style rifle with a high capacity magazine. Senator dick durbin says he is ready to lend assistance. I know they added more cops on the beat and there was a dramatic change and it looked like things were moving in the it right direction and they were bought one we have setbacks like this, this terrible shooting incident in back of the arts, is a reminder that we are still vulnerable. As far as the feds are concerned, superintendent mccarthy says he has asked for services of the fbi and the atf all in an effort to solve this devastating shooting. At area central headquarters, back to you. Here to talk about the steady rise in violence in chicago is darryl smith. He is the president of the Englewood Political Task force, good evening. Thank you for coming in. When you see Something Like this, you lived in englewood for 43 years and when you see stuff like this one goes through your mind . It goes on and on and on. In my mind i think, when bloodstock . Who has the solution to it . There is no right solution. There has to be a band together to band together as a community from Community Activists to Community Groups to churches and police and elected officials. Everyone needs to band together. There should be a place where we can go in a brown with representatives from every level of life and sit in this room without news cameras and come up with a holistic approach to this. Until we do that we are in trouble. Everyone has been horrified by the shooting. Police think it is gangrelated that you say not in the traditional sense. These are new kinds of gangs. As most people know there are no more on dance. They did a lot quot e unquote gangs. These many gangs, block to block clliques. When there were gangs there were territories. If you do not cross my territory you do not have to come into contact with me. But block by block you will see me every day and you will see me every day and there will be shootings. Jobs in the neighborhood. The whole problem is social economics. We are in a poverty Stricken Community in englewood and roseland and alston. They need to bring in the economics. When there was this rash of mob action, it stopped right away because that is the financial district and that is where the money pours in. They are not worried about ankle but because ankle but is not bringing any money to the table. There it stopped but ankle would it keeps going. We need to, i think, sit down with the government, federal government and City Government and State Government and bring jobs in, jobs, jobs, jobs. We need jobs. I said that before. But that will not do it be it by itself. We have to go out to nontraditional things, not traditional policing. They tilled the streets with police and 13 people were shot. Thank god pal one died. But if we go to unconventional ways and go out and talk to people and get things solved. What i am. Trying to say am. Change the way they. I cant talk to people on the street but they are scared. At the are sitting on the street talking to the sky and the sky is under investigation and pictures are taken, they are on their rico act. Thankyou for all the good work you are doing. New tonight, one person seriously wounded in a Police Involved shooting on the northwest side. A large police [ indistinct conversations ]eg [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. Food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. Protect your mouth, with fixodent. The adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. Fixodent, and forget it. A 2yearold girl crossing the street with her greatgrandma, is run over by a car on the south side. Police say the driver blew through a stop sign and may have been drunk. Wgns gaynor hall is in the newsroom with more on this horrible accident. They were walking to a daycare center. When that horrific accident happened. At just 2 years old. Relatives say jamya love was so full of joy. And police say alcohol may have played a role in the crash. That claimed her life. She was always wonderful. She was the smartest little baby in the world. A purple pillow, teddy bears, a toothbrush. These are some of jamya loves favorite things, making up a memorial at the corner of 57th and morgan where the 2 year old was fatally hit by a car. And police say the driver may have been drunk. Its like it came straight from hell, that is how fast he was coming. Jamyas great grandmother,pamela thompson, says it was their normal routine. At 6 30 this morning, she was holding the girls hand and pushing her 1 yearold brother in a stroller. They were walking to daycare when the car came out of nowhere. Speeding down morgan. Blowing a stop sign. Thompson tried to get everyone out of the way but she lost hold of jamya. She looked at me and she died. She opened her eyes and she closed her eyes and i knew she was already gone. I just kept hoping. Police say the 27yearold driver of the Chrysler Concorde kept on going, hitting construction horses and parked cars. Then ditched his car and took off running. Police spotted him and took him into custody, leaving jamyas family still trying to understand why this happened to their little girl. It is pretty much a challenge for us now has a family. We are trying to keep it together during this trying time because were not prepared for this. No one knew that this would be the way that we would say goodbye to our baby. The family is trying to raise money for jamyas funeral. They set up the jamya Love Foundation account at us bank. Again, the driver is in custody. So far, no charges filed. A Chicago Bears legend joining the ranks of former players suing the National Football league over head trauma. Hall of Famer Gayle Sayers filed the lawsuit in federal court today, accusing the nfl of failing to protect him from devastating concussive head traumas. Sayers claims to suffer from headaches, shortterm memory loss, and other cognitive issues. Also named in the suit, rosemontbased Helmet Manufacturer riddell. Republicans in Congress Take aim at obamacare and the president strikes back. The looming battle that might result in a Government Shutdown. And she first made headlines for a chronic hiccup problem. Now, she has even bigger worries. The socalled hiccup girl now on trial for murder. 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The looming fight over the 16 trillion dollar debt fond. Theyre not focused on new. Theyre focused on politics. There are focused on trying to mess with me. They want to default just to make sure that tens of millions of americans not have health care. In the Senate Harry Reid says the bill will be dead on arrival. Even republicans acknowledge the obvious. And the United States senate we will not repeal or defund obamacare and to think that we can is not rational. Why did republicans pass this bill that will not become law . The 43rd time they have done so . They are afraid of people in their own party moving further and further to the ride and they feel like they have to take this out. We want to hear from you. Do you think the government is headed for a shutdown . Text yes or no to 97999 or vote on line at wgntv. Com poll. Well have results after Tom Skillings 7day forecast. The hiccup girl on trial in florida. Jennifer mee gained National Attention in 2007 for her fiveweek case of the hiccups. Shes accused of helping lure 22yearold Shannon Griffin to a house to rob him. Griffin was later shot and killed. Mees Attorney Says his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia but the court psychologist says shes fit to stand trial. Mee faces life in prison if convicted. Coming up in the medical watch. New evidence that an apple a day really does help keep the doctor away. Residents of pilsen say that shes like a saint. Meet micaela, one of chicagos very own. Determines whether it is the viral or bacterial. Doctors will say it is just a virus and antibiotics to not work on virus. The journal science translation of medicine reports and a test that does not look for one strained to confirm infection, instead it has the bodys immune response to determine the cause. Less radiation may carry a punched for people battling breast cancer. 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We had rain drops, a few of them this morning. All hair had a trace of rain fall but those clouds have been persistent hanging around the area and we still have a few hot there and mostly cloudy skies is what the airport reports at 9 00. The High Temperature today was 76 degrees but that is three degrees above normal for this date. Back Little Pocket of cold air is going to the south and southeast and that will make it to us saturday and live here into sunday and pull out quickly and that will allow temperatures to incrementally i

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