this includes evidence related to the shooting itself but also evidence related to the police department s response. they will address these questions when their investigation is complete. i hope you would await the conclusion of their inquiry which i also am anxious for. the second question is how we prevent this type of incident from happening again. how do we ensure that we are effectively policing the police? that is why today, i m announcing that i have asked five respected chicagoans who are leaders in the criminal justice system to do a top to bottom review of the system of oversight and accountability, training and transparency that is currently in place for chicago s police officers. these five leaders have extensive experience investigating police misconduct or representing victims of police misconduct. they include sergio acosta, inspector general joe ferguson, lori lightfoot, hai grow and randall stone. they will actively engage community leaders, victims rights,
should not jump to knee conclusions. good evening, i m robert jordan. and i m marcella raymond. reporter: superintendent jody weiss said it is too soon to jump to conclusions. reporter: family members of 30-year-old ontario billups said he was trying to get his life back on track and was looking for a job. last night at the intersection of 81st and ashland. police pulled over his vehicle. it appeared he was selling drugs. police say he refused to take his hands out of his pockets and made an aggressive movement toward the officers. that s when the officer opened fire, shooting him several times. police confirmed he was unarmed at the time they shot him. his sister she believes the police had no right to kill her brother. she is especially upset about the lack of information being provided to them by the chicago police department. basically, they are not there or give us the run around, or tell us to call back. at this point, they are not giving us anything. report
of interest in connection with the slayings of two officers. this is the first lead for police after the men were gunned down friday afternoon. we re just trying to pass out information. reporter: armed with flyers, they covered a 36-block radius within hours. we re looking at at least distributing 10,000 flyers that you see here, with information needed, and there s a $10,000 reward. reporter: investigators spent today scouring parolee records and running prints. neighbors reported hearing as many as five shots yesterday afternoon from the alley along 81st and south burnham, where the men were fired on. today, we learned that neither officers returned gunfire. their weapons and wallets still on them, raising the question of motive. police say officer flisk was the first on the scene, collecting evidence from a garage burglary, when he was shot in the head. stephen peters owned the garage and was gunned down in the adjacent alley. this afternoon, superintendent jody w
whether or not he should be permanently suspended. no love lost between cubs and sox fans, but this group is surprisingly mellow. it lost a little luster. the sox are hot right now, taking the last 10 at four out of three with the cubs. cubs ace pitcher with an attitude is still cooling off after the meltdown in the dugout. lou opinion nell la said that carlos will pitch out of the bull pen and it s not a short term thing. we hate the cubs. the more they screw up, the better. they are a laughing stock in the whole country. that s what real sox fans want. a cub no more. if it s not a clause in his contract, i would put him in a ball and let him ride the buses. maybe he will quit. time for him to go. reporter: big z is suspended endifficult netly, most thing one thing most cubs and sox fans are happy about. man, something they agree on. outcome of today s game, cubs fans are not talking too much trash, today. who is going to win, today? i want to say the cubs,
tonight s top story. reporter: people coughed and covered their noses, struggling to breathe as cell phone video shows it all as smoke quickly spread through a cta red line train. just before 5:00 this afternoon, a small fire broke out on the subway tracks near clark and division. reporter: at least 19 people were taken to the hospital. passengers from three trains evacuated the subway through normal station exits and emergency exits. visibility extremely limited by the smoke. the fire started on railroad ties covered in oil because of frequent train traffic. gaynor hall wgn news. more than 100 firefighters responded. red line service has been restored, but there is the a slow done between the chicago station at clark and division. a fisherman from or land park died when the boat he was on was hit by another. the boat had turned when it collided with the fishing boat, causing the 41-year-old to fall overboard. the coast guard said the unidentified man was not we