Emanuel Reveals New Details On Son's Mugging
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in his first public comments since his son was mugged outside their Northwest Side home, reveals there may have been a witness to the crime, someone who heard, rather than saw, the 17-year-old being attacked.
That new information came in response to a question from CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine who asked about something he saw in the police report, indicating there might be someone else, an independent witness, who could shed some light on what happened.
The police report on the attack released by Chicago police indicate the mayor's son "...was talking on his cellphone....2 unknown male offenders approached the victim from behind....#1 placed him in a choke hold....#2 struck him with a closed fist."
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Emanuel said his son Zach was on the phone with a college counselor during the attack.
"They obviously heard stuff and they will do the proper work from a security standpoint with the police department and the work they need to do," Emanuel said.
The mayor declined to elaborate, though another source with knowledge of the investigation of the attack just down the block from the mayor's home in the Ravenswood tells Levine "the recruiter on the phone heard the whole thing."
Police Supt. Gary McCarthy, just about the only top department head who wasn't at the severe weather briefing Monday, is re-examining security around the mayor's home. The mayor adding:
"We're fortunate, not only with this job but also with the public provides us, Emanuel said. "Obviously Garry McCarthy's addressed this. There some safety blind spots and they're going to address it.
The two suspects in the mugging of the mayor's son are described in the report as simply 5-10 or 11 and wearing dark clothing. They took Zach's cellphone and ran. 19th District officers, assigned to watch the mayor's home, neither saw nor heard anything and surveillance cameras were facing the wrong way.
