The Chicago Police Department fought to keep secret any details of its investigation into a Glock handgun that was taken from a room full of cops at the Gresham District station in late 2023. In the end, no one was charged, and no cops were disciplined.
Gun buyback
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Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera accused of attacking female officer
Officer Carlos Baker and a woman allegedly beat the other cop late Sunday at a Wicker Park bar after pushing her to delete videos taken on her cellphone.
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Woman Shot With Glock Stolen From a Chicago Police Station Sues City, Says Cops Pilfered It
The handgun was stolen from a room full of police officers at the Gresham District station and ended up being used in crimes including the shooting of Twanda Willingham, who’s now suing.
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Gun Stolen From a Room Full of Chicago Cops Ended Up Being Used in a Series of Shootings
That’s what records obtained by the Illinois Answers Project and the Sun-Times found. The Glock handgun should have been destroyed after it was turned in to police at a buyback at St. Sabina Church in late 2023.
Posted inInvestigations
‘Where is the Glock?’ Gun Turned Over to Chicago Police Wound up in the Hands of a Teenager
The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of guns off the street, but at least two of them have resurfaced at crime scenes. In November, a 16-year-old boy was found with a Glock handgun that went missing after it was handed in at a buyback.
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Chicago Cops Did Little to Investigate How a Gun a Judge Turned in to be Destroyed Ended up at a Crime Scene
The revolver that Cook County Judge William Stewart Boyd turned in at a Chicago police gun buyback resurfaced at the scene of a fatal police shooting in Cicero in 2012. Police said it would be “difficult and unwise” to interview anyone involved in the buyback and closed the investigation.
