CHICAGO — SubXNews Street Reports June 18, 2025
The rain came hard, but the fire was already burning.
Across Chicago, storms rolled through while shootings, stabbings, thefts, and open-air drug use continued without pause.
On the West Side, floodwaters mixed with fentanyl and failure, and no umbrella could cover up the decay.
Shootings on the South and West Sides
By late afternoon, the 1900 block of South Springfield became the scene of a double shooting. Two women, aged 40 and 46, were hit while sitting on a porch — the younger struck in the head and ankle, the older in the leg.
A grim sign of the random cruelty now common in residential zones.
Bullet casings litter the sidewalk.
Alcohol bottles rolled in puddles.
No suspects. No answers.
Over the police radio then comes the news that a known Gangster Disciple on Parole with multiple warrants in two states was reportedly walking free, no pursuit just doing whatever he wants in the city.
Luckily, a smart cop did a street stop and took the man into custody, not the parole officer responsible for this convict that has at least 6 open warrants.
Another reminder that accountability is selective — and often nonexistent.
By 8:38 p.m., another body had dropped — a 31-year-old man found shot in the head in a basement apartment on the 4900 block of West Cortez. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A gun was found near the body, but no suspect.
On Jackson Boulevard, a robbery turned into torture.
A man in an alley was approached by a gunman who demanded property. When the victim refused, the offender switched weapons — beating the man with a baseball bat before picking the gun back up and shooting both his legs. He was taken to Mount Sinai in fair condition. The suspect fled.
By nightfall, another man was found shot in the leg on a porch at 1500 W. 72nd Place.
Just another name in a growing list.
Rain, Drugs, and Open-Air Collapse
While bullets flew, the West Side drowned in another crisis. The storm didn’t wash away the drug markets — it soaked them.
At Central and Lake, users staggered across the sidewalk, bent over, scanning the ground.
Wet drug zombies, they’re still out here.
It was 9:08 p.m. and no one was hiding.
From Lake and Harlem to Pulaski and Monroe, the same scenes played out — people slumped in bus shelters, leaning against library walls, staring through rain.
On Pulaski, outside the Legler Regional Library, users openly smoked, shot up, and slipped deeper into the concrete.
No outreach workers. No city services.
Easy day for outreach, I said. Everyone was gathered, trying to stay out of the rain. But nobody came.
Theft, Chaos, and City Indifference
Even with the rain, the crime didn’t slow. At 310 S. Michigan, two Black males were seen stealing from a CVS. At 6134 S. Fairfield, a woman was stabbed during a fight involving her daughter.
Around 6:41 p.m., looting hit the freight trains near 3900 South Union. Another crew stealing from open rail cars. At 6:45, 69th and the Red Line had its regular crew — drinking, smoking, ignoring police.
The Cubs game was rained out. But the looting, the overdoses, and the attacks stayed on schedule.
A Car Chase to Cap the Day
Just before midnight, five suspects in a stolen car bailed near 37th and Lake Park. One possibly dressed as a cop. They ran on foot, jumped fences, and fled onto Red Line tracks. A black Mitsubishi was impounded. One suspect, born 1/1/67, was caught — with active warrants and a full extradition hold.
Helicopters circled. Police flooded the area. One more frantic scramble in a day full of them.
After the Sirens
When it was all said and done, one more voice came across the scanner — a woman at the 95th Street Red Line bus stop, wanting to turn herself in.
A quiet ending to a loud day.
The city will call it a storm.
But storms end.
This? This just reboots.
Every sunrise. Every precinct. Every corner.
References
Double Shooting, 1905 S. Springfield @SPOTNEWSonIG https://x.com/SPOTNEWSonIG/status/1935448850354815083
Warranted GD Walking Free https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935449273363272068
Hubcap Theft on Winona https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935457577829064843
Assault at Resurrection Hospital https://x.com/SPOTNEWSonIG/status/1935460824245842295
Cubs Game Canceled – Weather https://x.com/ChicagoOEMC/status/1935469845912666545
Freight Train Looting, 3900 S. Union https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935482965372305714
69th Red Line Drinking & Loitering https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935484163685052834
Shots Fired, 75th & Coles @SPOTNEWSonIG https://x.com/SPOTNEWSonIG/status/1935484686379160041
Flash Flood Warning Issued https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935493399496249423
Central & West End Housing Available https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935494259748069634
No City Services, Central & Lake https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935495893928587426
Lake & Laramie Congregation https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935496932153061858
Drug Use, Legler Library https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935504931890299263
Garfield Park “That’s Deep” https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935510301199278378
Basement Homicide, 4900 W. Cortez https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935554023693652335
CVS Theft, 310 S. Michigan https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935513905578537015
Stabbing, 6134 S. Fairfield https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935517684155777028
Lake & Central, Wet Drug Zombies https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935520270221001008
Alley Robbery + Beating, 3400 W. Jackson https://x.com/ScannerChi/status/1935528649513406924
Porch Shooting, 1500 W. 72nd Pl @heyFATabbot https://x.com/heyFATabbot/status/1935570993596039294
Shooting Location, Jackson & Homan https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935554519112503466
Flooding + Deep Puddles https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935559606899503530
Carjacking Crash, 37th & Lake Park https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935559288891617527
Five criminals 37th and Lake Park smashed into a barrier https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935571630329094619
Turn-In at 95th Red Line https://x.com/SubxNews/status/1935568048133488995
SubX.News® on-the-spot reporting
[Picture Drug Addicts in the Rain Westside Cicero and Adams 749pm June 18th 2025 Credit John Kugler SubXNews]
