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Shots Fired Near Harrison Park in Pilsen

August 2, 2016 1:02pm | Updated August 2, 2016 1:02pm
Neighbors reported hearing a rash of gunfire Monday night near Harrison Park in Pilsen. 
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PILSEN — Neighbors reported hearing a rash of gunfire Monday night near Harrison Park in Pilsen. 

At about 10:10 p.m. Monday, about a half-dozen shots rang out in an alley in the 1900 block of West Cullerton Street, according to neighbors and a law enforcement source. 

No one is believed to have been injured by the gunfire, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

Adjacent to the National Museum for Mexican Art, the 17-acre Harrison Park is open until 11 p.m. 

In response to recent violence, Pilsen Alliance is planning a March for Peace & Justice from Dvorak Park to Harrison Park at 5 p.m. Wednesday. 

In July, a daytime drive-by shooting near a summer camp in Dvorak Park in Pilsen forced 80 children to take cover. 

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