Posted on 09/24/2023 1:59:05 PM PDT by lowbridge
A deadly shooting happened right outside of the 86-year-old victim's South Side home on Saturday morning.
Loved ones said Charles Hobson, Sr. was simply headed to get something out of his truck when he was shot and his truck was stolen. Moments later, while police were still on scene, they said, the culprits came back.
"It's just heartbreaking that he's no longer here for stupidity," said Kimberly Buford, Charles' longtime neighbor.
It took a single noise to pierce through the fabric of the tight-knit block.
"I heard one shot," said Tamika Wright, another longtime neighbor. "We love each other. We look out for each other, and this could happen to any one of us right outside of our door, and we have no idea what's coming for us."
Neither did Charles, who was described as the patriarch of South Throop Street near West 81st Street in Auburn Gresham. That is, until, police said, he was shot in his thigh just before 10 a.m., right outside his home of 60 years.
"He went to get something out the car, and never made it back in the house," Kimberly said. "It was nothing none of us could've done."
After shooting him, neighbors said, the culprits stole his truck. As the 86-year-old was being taken away on a stretcher, headed to Christ Hospital, where he later died, witnesses said Charles' stolen truck was then spotted in the back alley of his home while police were still on the scene.
"Trying to get back into his house, because, I guess, they wanted to know what else they could gain from this robbery," Tamika said.
Then, neighbors said, they saw police take three young people into custody.
"They took off running, and they caught one at the block. They caught another," said Destiny Buford.
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That wascally “gun violence” again.
Killing someone is not stupidity. It is evil
Back at the scene so quickly??? They fear no one. Justice/law has collapsed.
Lemme guess . . .
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Prickster’s Illinois
Biden’s Amerika, a land of crime and deceit. Not the country we all loved. I hope they find the perps and shoot them dead, dead, dead.
This means no one will talk, the killers will go free, or receive very light punishment. They all voted for this so I have little sympathy.
81st and Throop is an extremely bad area
“police take three young people into custody.”
Saturday morning. Probably let go by Saturday sundown.
Damn, the guy should have died a peaceful death, with his children gathered aroud him.
And the poor guy lived through 60 years of it.
Avoid.
The really pathetic part in all of this that Democrats and their incompetent mayors and media etc refuse to disclose that black criminals do most of the killing and blacks do most of the dying. If the community was smart they would organize the good and reliable people to defend their communities to expose and purge the trash. What other option do they have with Soros DAs?
Shot in the thigh; where the femoral artery is.
Poor guy didn’t have someone to cinch the area, stop blood loss, so then he quickly bled out.
What can you say???
As long as MARXIST Democrats ruin our cities, the body count of good people will continue to pile up.
Scum of the Earth.
A psychologist interviewed hundreds of violent criminals in prison, presumably when we were still sending them there. He asked how and why they targeted individuals. They looked for any signs of infirmity and apparent lack of situational awareness. Let’s face it, as we age, we walk slower and with greater pain. It’s just like how lions target gazelles. They go for the weak and infirm. I listened to a former dumb blond woman talk about her African safari. (She was still dumb, just not blond.) She accused the Maassai warrior guiding them of hiding the old animals and only showing them the young, fit animals. He raised his eyebrows and said, “Lady! There are no old animals.”
Everyone who can get out of Chicago should do so and leave the city to the ferals. That applies especially to law-abiding black people - they are the primary victims of the thugs.
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