{"id":993540,"date":"2026-08-10T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/993540\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:25:21","slug":"authorities-responding-to-reports-of-garfield-ridge-chicago-shooting-on-south-lotus-avenue-near-mark-twain-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/993540\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities responding to reports of Garfield Ridge, Chicago shooting on South Lotus Avenue near Mark Twain Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, August 10, 2026 9:17PM<\/p>\n<p>Live streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather &amp; original, local programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Authorities are responding to reports of a shooting near a Southwest Side school on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A Chicago Fire Department official confirmed that there are reports of shots fired in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood&#8217;s 5100-block of South Lotus Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That&#8217;s near Mark Twain Elementary School. The 2026-2027 school year has not yet started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials did not immediately say whether anyone is injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Further information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Check back with ABC7 for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Monday, August 10, 2026 9:17PM Live streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather &amp; original, local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":337382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[398217,960,5457,207793,294007,5386,1818,398216,109121],"class_list":["post-993540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-398217","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-shooting","tag-garfield-ridge-chicago","tag-garfield-ridge-shooting","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-mark-twain-elementary-school","tag-school-shooting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117073330126952590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}