Police responded to the 1100 block of Ferdinand Avenue Oct. 6 after they received multiple calls for shots fired in the area just before 4:30 a.m. Police located several witnesses in the 7600 block of Roosevelt Road who said they heard yelling and gunshots in the alley. One witness reported that a man was yelling at a woman to get out of a car and fired three shots in the air before the woman started yelling for help and the car drove away, reportedly with her in it. The suspect has not been located. 

Aggravated use of a weapon 

On Oct. 2, police responded to the 1300 block of Des Plaines Avenue for a report of a suspicious person. A loss prevention staff member told police that two men were concealing items in the store. Police escorted them to the loss prevention office, where they did a protective pat down and found a pistol in one of their waistbands that was found to be stolen out of DuPage County. One of the men was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and the other with obstructing identification after he gave a false birth date to police.  

Suspicious circumstances 

A woman came to the Forest Park Police Department Oct. 2 to report that she started renting an apartment on South Lathrop Avenue to someone, only to discover that someone else was living in her rental. She also learned that the Illinois driver’s license number for the applicant doesn’t match the information of the police station’s documentation, according to the police report. Police said they have contacted the Secretary of State Police about the potential fraud but haven’t heard back yet. The woman made a cash for keys agreement with the renter for $2,500, but the money has not yet been paid. 

Battery 

Police pulled over a car on Harlem Avenue Oct. 3 for disregarding a red light when exiting I-290. When talking with the driver and passenger, police reported the car smelled of alcohol. The two men were argumentative, and the driver slapped the hand and flashlight of a police officer, causing him to be ordered out of the car and taken to the police station. The driver was arrested for battery.   

Car fire 

On Oct. 6, police responded to the 200 block of Circle Avenue for a vehicle in a parking lot on fire. The owner of the car told police that he parked his car in the parking lot when he got home from work. He went back to the car to get his cell phone, noticed smoke coming from underneath the car and called police. According to the police report, the fire originated in the car’s engine.  

Illegal consumption of alcohol  

On Oct. 6, police responded to O’Sullivan’s Public House for a disturbance involving three underage girls hiding in the bathroom, according to the police report. When police made contact with one of the girls outside the bar — the other two fled on foot — she told them she was 17, didn’t have a fake ID in her possession, and that no employee asked for identification when she entered the bar but she was served alcohol, officials reported. She also told police that O’Sullivan’s staff asked them to leave because they didn’t check their IDs, and that the girls didn’t hide in the bathroom. Police made contact with another one of the girls, who told them a similar story. The bartender told police that a group of five or six girls came into the bar and only a few presented fake IDs. The bartender told police that the girls weren’t served alcohol at the bar and that they were asked to leave numerous times before they were removed, according to police. The bartender added that the girls may have used the rear door to come into the bar, according to the police report. One of the girls was given a local ordinance citation for unlawful alcohol consumption by a minor.  

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated October 2 through October 6 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.