Chicago SubX.News Street Reports July 29, 2025
We have to stay clean and strong to make it through a day in Chicago. Lunch at Ann’s Bakery — pierogis, pork stew, chicken kabobs, cookies — keep us fueled.
On the South Side, a car wash at 21st and Wood turned an open hydrant into a rinse cycle, blasting the mud off a Jeep. This is survival now, adapting as we go.
When the city fails, people find their own way to stay clean and keep moving.
South Side survival — blasting the mud off a Jeep with an open hydrant at 21st and Wood, July 29, 2025.
While our city stumbles through wrecks, fights, looting, and a mayor whose tax explanation left many puzzled, we have no choice but to wash up, eat well, and keep moving forward.
Rush that Crawls
The morning rush collapsed on the Eisenhower at Des Plaines where three separate crashes stacked up. Reports said up to eight cars were along the right shoulder. Traffic was frozen as drivers waited for tows.
A Jeep wanted in burglaries barreled through Cicero and Pratt in Lincolnwood, smashing into a black Honda. Four suspects ran and police caught them nearby.
At the DMV contradictions surfaced — an elderly woman vented about Korea, then plates were handed across the counter in under five minutes. If plates are over the counter, then why do we keep seeing so many fake ones running the streets?
Highway 53 turned deadly with a report of a fatal crash — a vehicle rear‑ended a truck possibly at 60 mph. Traffic on the corridor messed up for hours.
Where is the Good Times
North Milwaukee Avenue looked gutted, storefront after storefront boarded up in what was once a Polish and Hispanic working‑class hub.
Minutes later on Fullerton, the decay had a human face: a man with no legs lay in the street, the American dream reduced to pavement. That image still haunts the day.
Back at Ann’s Bakery, pierogis, pork stew, cucumber salad, cookies — a heavy meal that still sustains.
The Chicago Teachers Union headquarters lot gleamed with foreign cars even though the union once demanded American‑made vehicles. At the old Damen Silos, demolition crews chipped away brick by brick.
Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared on video struggling to explain a tax policy involving “payments in lieu” and mentioning a whole bunch of millionaires. His answer remains confusing.
Old Orchard Mall in Skokie went into lockdown on reports of shots fired. Police later called it a false alarm, but fear is still spreading among shoppers. Witnesses said there was a fight and someone claimed to see a gun.
The city dissolved into scattered brawls and disturbances.
Chaos ripples through the city. A drunk man staggers into traffic on Lake Shore Drive near Soldier Field. Teenagers clash outside Sherman Park. On Princeton, three men confront traffic services.
At Webster and Bissell, a porch pirate strips packages off porches. Over on Montrose, a man on a scooter screams at pedestrians.
The sense of disorder is still everywhere.
Downtown Stays Unprotected
Outside the CTA building on West Lake, there is no response — no cops, no security despite earlier calls. A McDonald’s on Madison erupts into a fight. On the Red Line at 47th Street, two men spit on a woman named Simone.
Drugged up bodies line the sidewalks of Ida B Wells. Dealers work openly just steps from the Loop’s storefronts.
Evening Piles On
Walgreens at 95th and Ashland is stripped bare by a mixed crew of five looters. At Fifteenth and Wood, neglect becomes shorthand: when a bum runs our city this is what it looks like.
A hydrant becomes a car wash and young men break into a closed pool to ride the waterslide. More fists fly in a park at 52nd and Loomis before a South Side sunset briefly breaks the chaos.
Gunfire follows the darkness.
On Milwaukee Avenue, a 37‑year‑old man is robbed and shot in the leg, taken to Illinois Masonic, another case marked “under investigation.” His condition is still unclear.
Will the city ever follow up?
Will anyone tell us he’s okay?
Or will it be just another shooting tossed onto the pile?
The night keeps unraveling.
Pimps and dealers crowd 49th and Cicero. Motorcycles gather at Replay in Lakeview. At Roseland Hospital, a 22‑year‑old man limps in with a bullet in his knee, uncooperative and left to fend for himself.
The case remains unsolved.
Then the ground itself gives way.
At 11:24 p.m. CDT, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake strikes Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the strongest ever recorded. Tsunami sirens wail in Hawaii and Japan, waves hammer Monterey, California hours later. Coastlines are still bracing.
Let us Not Forget Chicago Crime History
Two years ago this same week, a North Lawndale mass shooting left nine women hit — one killed, eight wounded — with no one in custody and no statement from City Hall. That same night, looters tore into Roosevelt and Jefferson, smashing storefronts and ripping 7‑11 shelves bare.
Did the city ever follow up with anyone from that night?
Did they ever tell us those women are okay?
Or is it just another statistic filed away, forgotten by the same officials who keep saying crime is “down”?
The same questions hang now after the recent urban terror attacks in New York and Reno — who will follow up, who will speak for the victims, who will make sure they are not forgotten?
Our day ends the same as the world’s — broken, battered, but still standing. From Kamchatka to California, from Reno to New York, from the Eisenhower to 95th Street, it’s all one disaster stitched together. Different scenes, same collapse.
When everything breaks down, we improvise.
In Chicago a hydrant becomes a car wash and a locked pool turns into a waterslide.
In Reno and New York, whole neighborhoods are stitching themselves back together after terror tears through their streets.
Forward is the Only Direction
Everywhere people keep finding ways to keep moving.
We are not separate — everything is connected.
The meaning is the same whether we’re in Chicago, Reno, New York, Hawaii, or Tokyo: we keep talking to each other, we keep watching out for each other.
Even if all we do is share what we see online, that thread of connection matters.
And we don’t forget to check in on our older family members. Survival now means staying strong, staying clean, and refusing to let go of one another.
References
OB Eisenhower at Des Plaines.
3 separate crashes. 8 cars involved. Everything on the right shoulder. Waiting for tows. 642 a.m. @BillWest5
https://x.com/BillWest5/status/1950159996072624288
Traffic, sometimes it’s good to slow down
Good morning and have a great day
726 am July 29, 2025 SubXNews
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19hjcFMxJ9/
In Custody…. A vehicle wanted for burglaries crashed 4 in custody they still looking, CPD PH on the scene 854am Lincolnwood … Cicero & Pratt @ScannerChi https://x.com/ScannerChi/status/1950193213601398861
Here’s the video from the scene at Pratt/Kilpatrick. The white Jeep crashed into this black Honda and then the occupants of the Jeep got out and fled, before they were taken into custody. @EricTendian 944am video https://x.com/EricTendian/status/1950205792247742930
Met a nice old lady at the DMV today she must have been in her late 70s, somehow we got on the topic of Korea, you know what she said, at her old age? f@ck them, they’re lucky we helped them out … HiHo 1020 am July 29, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B15qdDsSq/
Migrant templates are a scam just got my plates in less than 5 minutes right over the counter at the DMV [picture of plates from DMV] 1047 am July 29, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B3nGdc5au/
Not even a working class polish and Hispanic area in Chicago can support stores anymore … it’s everywhere … shut down … build back better … what happened to the money 1115 am. July 29th 2025 North Milwaukee Avenue closed down stores video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AiwY7FS8p/
The American dream in the middle of the street without no legs on Fullerton 11:20 a.m. July 29th 2025 … imagine if we used the migrant money to help guys like that out … the difference we could have made but we didn’t did we …. what are the Republicans doing about that missing money anyways 1125 am July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1LxUXS7U4P/
Go check out the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters 1901 West Carroll and see all the foreign cars in their parking lot … funny ain’t it … American tax dollars buying foreign cars for an American Union staff … when I started there you had to buy an American car … No Excuses … Now that same organization destroys its own society 1210 pm July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16q3qYrNMd/
Damen silos demolition slow and steady 1215 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19Qodpditc/
Lunch from Ann’s Bakery on Chicago Avenue 1248p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19iL88cs8L/
Report of a fatal crash highway 53 south of higgins road. Vehicle reportedly rear-ended a truck possibly at 60mph. 151 p.m.
Credit Ace Chicago https://x.com/Ace_chicago/status/1950267865749475483
Can someone please explain what this dude just said …. brandon john answering a tax question 323 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AdV42oG2Y/
Skokie Police UPDATE: Police investigation at Old Orchard Mall continues. The temporary lockdown at the mall has been lifted; visitors can resume normal activity. Reports of shots fired are not credible. 3:44 PM · Jul 29, 2025 https://x.com/skokiepolice/status/1950296360395444622
Drunk walking Northbound on Lakeshore Drive right next to Soldier Field 3:50 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/173Ds5DgNm/
10 juvies fighting in front of Sherman Park field house 419 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19aa8c2hZ7/
Three male Hispanics getting aggressive 4947 s Princeton with traffic services curb zoning mission 426 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Q2wrUJjS/
Porch pirate black male stealing packaged off of porches Webster and Bissell last seen going northbound 432pm July 29 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14GZpkPZr1p/
Yelling at people Racine and Montrose has a motorized scooter 434pm July 29 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CLXmuUa8y/
Live Video Feed Chgo Economy Crime And Migrant Update 440pm July 29 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CzuqKuahB/
Looks like it was in the CTA building nothing going on now we’re a few minutes late but usually there’s a cop hanging around afterwards but they’re far and few in between 5:00 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A8f9j3rsW/
Bunch of people fighting a big commotion inside the McDonald’s 5051 West Madison 516 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E44oPhTcc/
Two black males spit on Simone 47th Street CTA Red Line 520 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15u5TYEWtG/
They didn’t fix no homeless problem over here on Ida B Wells there’s people sleeping here on the sidewalk right by State Street 526 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/172omQfyiD/
All the dope Spots are up and running here in downtown Chicago 532 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AjBYVBgKo/
2 detained after argument at Skokie’s Old Orchard Mall prompts lockdown July 29, 2025 5:46pm CDT Police activity at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in suburban Skokie prompted a lockdown, sources said. An “all clear” was given about an hour later. Sources said a verbal altercation prompted the response, but no gunshots or injuries were reported. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/skokie-old-orchard-lockdown
Looting … three blacks and two whites are stealing from the Walgreens 1633 West 95th Street 559 p.m. July 29th 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EhY8amtfw/
When a bum runs your city this is what it looks … the culture of mediocrity … 15th and wood 645 p.m. July 29th 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19uVzt7W5a/
Southside car wash 21st and wood washing car with open hydrant 725pm July 29, 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FJHGHMygr/
Had to break into a pool because they’re hot and it’s closed 5 male Hispanics and they’re going down to waterslide 5531 South King Drive 729pm July 29, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15C3hgvRFv/
Two males fighting in the park 52nd and Loomis 740 pm July 29, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19djfuE4hp/
video of Southside Sunset 807pm July 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1NULE6nhRP/
TSUNAMI WATCH in effect for the California coast. Estimated time of arrival as early as 12:15 AM on July 30. People along the coast: Stand by for further updates. https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/maps
Person Shot During Robbery 3200 North Milwaukee Ave 8:49 PM July 29, 2025 #Chicago A 37-year-old male victim was outside walking when he was approached by an unidentified male offender who was armed with a handgun. The offender demanded the victim’s personal belongings and the victim complied.
The victim then proceeded to run from the location and the offender shot the victim. The victim sustained one gsw to the leg and was transported to IL Masonic where he is listed in good condition. There is no one in custody and Area Five Detectives are investigating. Posted: July 29, 2025 10:32 PM CDT
Chicago Police Department video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15ksjDkDZ6/
posted mass shooting video story from two years ago Chicago Crime History (2023) Mass Shooting Chicago – 9 Women Targeted – 1 woman killed, 8 others injured North Lawndale … No One in Custody … No Statement from Chicago Mayor …
Statement Regarding 10th District Shooting in the 1500 block of South Keeler Homicide, Person Shot
CPD STATEMENT:
Early this morning, the 10th District community experienced a tragic shooting that killed a 21-year-old woman and left eight additional victims injured. Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of the victim who was killed. We are also walking alongside those injured in this shooting and those who were present and witnessed this reprehensible act of violence.
Our Crime Victim Services Unit is currently reaching out to the survivors of this shooting and connecting them with resources as they begin to process the events of this morning. We will continue to support and advocate for them during this difficult time.
Area 4 Detectives are investigating and sifting through evidence as we work to identify and apprehend the people responsible.
We ask anyone with information to please submit an anonymous tip through CPDTip.com or contact Area 4 Detectives at (312) 746-8252
sources for report
Chicago Police
Citizen App
One Woman Killed, Eight Injured in Late Night Shooting
Lawndale, Chicago S Keeler Ave & W 15th St https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AzHoZvVKi/
posted video from 2 years ago Riots and Looting – Roosevelt and Jefferson, they are now breaking windows on the storefronts
21:44 30 Jul 23 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Brgawx9dY/
Chicago Crime History (2023) Rioting and Looting @ 7-11 Jefferson and Grenshaw, Chicago .. July 30, 2023 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BmF5ZtvAA/
Pimps, Drug Dealers, Addicts 49th and Cicero 10:08 PM · Jul 29, 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B1tjFeT6u/
Motorcycle Meet up at Replay Wolfram and Sheffield 10:14:13 PM July 29, 2025 video https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AzBo19EHa/
Person Shot … Unknown Location and Time on July 29, 2025
A 22-year-old male victim self-transported to Roseland Hospital after sustaining a gsw to the knee. The victim was uncooperative with details of the incident. There is no one in custody and Area Two Detectives are investigating (5th District) Posted: July 30, 2025 12:12 AM CDT Chicago Police Department https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BrPabjcDL/
Tsunami sirens can now be heard going off in Hawaii video https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGcMaVQ3j/
Tsunami Warning Japan at Kujukuri Beach video https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Ky3UTEmG/
M 8.8 – 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake … Among the world’s strongest recorded
2025-07-29 23:24:50 (UTC)
52.530°N 160.165°E
20.7 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt25210002/executive
The tsunami has arrived at Monterey as of 12:48 AM #CAwx
2:56 AM · Jul 30, 2025 https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1950465421334679685
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