Man Carjacked, Shot In South Loop UPS Parking Lot

aspenleaf

Well-Known Member
Yes, thankfully he is still alive. I am glad I have a cheap car and no TV (in the car) or anything anyone would want to steal.
 

RockyRogue

Agent of Change
Yes, thankfully he is still alive. I am glad I have a cheap car and no TV (in the car) or anything anyone would want to steal.

Aspen, that's a bad neighborhood--even in broad daylight! Go to UPSjobs.com and check out the Jeff St. Facility. Requires applicants to be 18. UPS hires at 17. I took the Amtrak into Southern Illinois a number of times and went pretty much right by the UPS building. Not a pretty sight, particularly in broad daylight. As the article said, its quickly gentrifying. -Rocky
 

aspenleaf

Well-Known Member
I am sure the area is bad but that can be said of just about any UPS building. Having so much in plain site is tempting to folks. He is lucky to be alive and I do hope he gets his car back.
 

over9five

Moderator
Staff member
UPSs "no firearms policy" almost got this young father killed.

I agree you should not carry while at work, but you damn sure should be allowed to have a gun in your car!
 

Raw

Raw Member
Hmmm....A man with a family who works part-time at UPS and can afford a decked out car with a TV? I wonder what his side job is...and is it legal? :closedeye
 

Channahon

Well-Known Member
The best part about Jeff St is when you hubcaps got stolen and then you could buy them back on Maxwell St. Which was an open air market - you could actually see them hanging on a fence for your viewing.

Tidbit of info - the scene from Blues Brothers - Shake Your Tail Feather with Ray Charles was filmed in the area in 1979.
 

michael

Chicago area
When I was a feeder rookie the senior guys told me to not stop at the stop signs near Jeff st. Pause to make sure no ones coming then roll thru to keep locals from jumping on the trucks. Going to the empty lot down there is fun also,never get out of the cab without your hammer,for checking tires of course.


That was only when going down south State St. to get to one of the rail yards, the one on 63rd St. (the Con Rail at the time) If a person jumped up between the tractor and the trailer and pulled off the correct air line, your brakes would lock and you would not be able to move. At that point the rest of the group would cut the seals on the trailer door and go "shopping".

We would even wrap thick wire cables at the very top of the trailer doors to prevent that (remember the top of the trailer is 13' 6" from ground level), unfortunately they got wise to that and brought their own ladders to reach the top and cut the cable. Another thing to keep in mind is that all of this happened around one o'clock in the morning.

At one point there was a police car parked at the corner of 59th (I'll stand corrected if it was 51st , it's been a while.) and State, just to make sure this didn't happen.

It's a very unique atmosphere in that area...
 

dammor

Well-Known Member
Hmmm....A man with a family who works part-time at UPS and can afford a decked out car with a TV? I wonder what his side job is...and is it legal? :closedeye

You amaze me Raw. You're response on most all threads here is very negative. If a woman has a problem she is asking for it. If you get shot it is because you are a thug. Is it possible that your judgement could be wrong?
Just a thought.........
 

RockyRogue

Agent of Change
When I was a feeder rookie the senior guys told me to not stop at the stop signs near Jeff st. Pause to make sure no ones coming then roll thru to keep locals from jumping on the trucks. Going to the empty lot down there is fun also,never get out of the cab without your hammer,for checking tires of course.

I guess its no wonder UPS is only running one sort out of that building (Night Sort) now. ADDIL isn't in a terribly bad neighborhood, by the way. I had to leave my car there one night and it was safe and sound the next morning. -Rocky
 

Raw

Raw Member
You amaze me Raw. You're response on most all threads here is very negative. If a woman has a problem she is asking for it. If you get shot it is because you are a thug. Is it possible that your judgement could be wrong?
Just a thought.........
I`m still thinking..........
 

scratch

Least Best Moderator
Staff member
over9five;208471 I agree you should not carry while at work said:
If you left your weapon in your car, it would get stolen too. Too bad you can't wear one walking from the parking lot:gunsmilie to the building, you could leave it in your locker.:gun_bandaI would have to get a smaller one if I were to get a caqrrying permit, my Dan Wesson .357 is too big to wear.:2guns:(Sorry, I got carried away with the Gun Smilies, we have a lot of them!)
 

hondo

promoted to mediocrity
'Da Mare'-Mayor Daley's fetish for decorative black "iron" fences sure doesn't help security down there, just the fence contractors bottom line. But I'm biased, my day job isn't too far away-the former Skid Row now known as West Loop (thank you Oprah) and they're getting harassed about their chain link.

Ms. Channahon, perhaps you know, was the new fencing part of the deal that allowed UPS to block off 14th place for its own use?
Cachsux & Michael, a buddy of mine was once harassed by Ill State Police trooper for trying to "shake off" a native from the straight truck he was driving:lol:.
 

upsgrunt

Well-Known Member
You amaze me Raw. You're response on most all threads here is very negative. If a woman has a problem she is asking for it. If you get shot it is because you are a thug. Is it possible that your judgement could be wrong?
Just a thought.........

I agree! He thinks everyone is a fool or wrong except him. Have you ever said anything constructive or agreed with anyone?
 

hoser

Industrial Slob
Yes, thankfully he is still alive. I am glad I have a cheap car and no TV (in the car) or anything anyone would want to steal.
I'm glad I live in a place where this would likely not happen.

and that's one friend'n ugly looking centre.

Hmmm....A man with a family who works part-time at UPS and can afford a decked out car with a TV? I wonder what his side job is...and is it legal? :closedeye
Boooooooo!

stay at home dad? daytime consultant? well to do wife? works three jobs?

oh but wait, he's black and he doesn't work in the suburbs :scared::censored2:
 

toeknee2gx

Well-Known Member
Hmmm....A man with a family who works part-time at UPS and can afford a decked out car with a TV? I wonder what his side job is...and is it legal? :closedeye

the car was a 10yr old oldsmobile...im pretty sure the bluebook is not that much...
 

MR_Vengeance

United Parcel Survivor
he should get this before he decked out his "ride".
ghetto_car_lock.jpg
 
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