UPDATE 8/31, 8:00 PM: KUDOS to UPTOWN UPDATE for their fine reportage on this sad story. They remain ahead of the "mainstream" media, having updated their report to show three shooting victims instead of two. For more great information, and great photos, see UPTOWN UPDATE. The Bench was at the scene 30 minutes after the shooting and spent two hours taking photos and talking to many witnesses and reported the following: THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT, ONE KILLED in the 4800 block of North Sheridan Road in Uptown at approximately 3:30 this afternoon. One died immediately. Two other victims ran south, steps away, into the parking lot of J.J. Peppers convenience store. One collapsed, in serious condition, in front of a check cashing store. A third victim, shot in the left shoulder, ran into J.J. Peppers yelling, "They're shooting!" The manager called 911. [Aug. 29, 7:23 p.m.] Count 'em, folks. One dead. One collapsed. One ran into JJ Peppers. One plus one plus one is three, not two. Always has been, always will be. But two local blogs, the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times and the rest of the big media STILL have it wrong: August 31, Chicago Tribune: "One man, whose identity was not released," HUH? The News-Star broke his identity YESTERDAY, on August 30. Unfortunately, the News-Star also got the number of victims wrong. The Trib continued, "The other man, who is in his 20s and was shot in the chest and forearm..." WRONG. "Other man"? There were two other men, as The Bench reported on August 29. Amazingly, the Tribune said today that "Police went to the 4800 block of North Sheridan Road in the Uptown neighborhood about 3:20 p.m. and found two men shot in the street." The Bench was there and spoke to a lot of witnesses. HOW did the police not question the manager of JJ Peppers, who told The Bench about a THIRD VICTIM with a gunshot wound to his shoulder? WHY did the Tribune not - apparently - bother to visit the scene and talk to witnesses? This is truly astounding. August 30, Sun-Times: "One person was fatally shot and another critically injured in a shooting Friday afternoon in the North Side's Uptown neighborhood." WRONG. See above.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG: WBBM NewsRadio 780.com - One person is dead and another was critically injured in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Uptown neighborhood. 1 Dead, 1 Critical In Uptown Shooting (CBS2) - CHICAGO (STNG) ― One man was fatally shot and another suffered a gunshot wound to the chest Friday afternoon in the North Side's Uptown neighborhood. [NOTE: CBS2 didn't even pretend to cover the story themselves, but used an inaccurate Sun-Times News Group blurb.]
