Crime & Safety
3 Charged After Possible Gang Fight At Lincolnwood Mall
Two Evanston men and another from Skokie were involved in a fight that allegedly began after comment made about deceased gang member.
Three men allegedly with gang affiliations were arrested last week after a fight broke out at the Lincolnwood Town Center shopping mall.
The fight, which broke out around 5:30 p.m. on July 3, involved a group yelling profanities, gang slogans and insults at each other, according to the Lincolnwood Review.
Evanston residents Brandon Lee and Justin Nealguy and Michael Smith of Skokie were charged with disorderly conduct in connection with the incident.
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The fight started after someone made a derogatory comment about a well-known deceased member of a Chicago-based gang, according to statements to police from the mall’s security supervisor. The comment was about Shaquon Thomas, 20 - a Chicago rapper who was shot and killed in the city’s Uptown neighborhood in May. Thomas was known to rap about gun violence and gangs, the Review reports.
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On June 18, a 22-year-old who made a Facebook comment about Thomas was gunned down in the city’s Rogers Park neighborhood - just blocks from the Evanston border.
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