2008 Woodie Awards
Store owner shot, killed
Nicole Charky
Issue date: 1/30/08 Section: News
The Chicago Police Department believes the death of the owner of the Edgewater Mini Mart is drug related, according to campus safety.
Kaycee Fadiya, 44, was shot Friday at 11 a.m. in what the Chicago Police Department and campus safety identify as a narcotics-related incident. No official statement from the CPD was made at the time of this publication, and the following information was relayed to the Phoenix by Bernard Ward, Ph. D., director of campus safety.
The gunman entered the establishment at 1215 W. Devon Ave. and chased the owner around. The gunman pursued the owner out of the store until he collapsed in the street after being shot two or three times.
"There were no witnesses, just a lone gunman entered the store," Ward said. "[Fadiya] was shot, and he managed to run out into the street and that's where he collapsed."
Police and campus safety describe the "lone offender" as a male, approximately 5'10" to 6', wearing a green hooded sweatshirt under a black leather jacket, gray pants and tan work boots.
The CPD has been unable to verify whether the gunman was identified, due to computer system updating in the 24th District. There were eight surveillance cameras in the store and CPD is currently employing these tapes to solve the crime. Additionally, a neighboring business' camera captured video of the suspect entering and leaving the convenience store.
E-mails were sent out to the Loyola community Friday at 2:53 p.m. through a special broadcast message.
"We got our notification out at a very timely matter; there is more to this than I can tell you," Ward said. "There was no danger presented to our students and the incident was contained in that store. [The CPD is] looking into all possibilities attached to this robbery."
The alert system, eAlert, was not activated on Friday because the system is required for major on-campus disasters.
"The alert is going to be used in catastrophic events," Ward said. "Events that really effect the whole university, like severe weather would be one, if there's a tornado coming our way, if we have a shooter on campus or that we have a major fire - something that would really impact everyone. Hopefully we never have to use this.
"It's my opinion that there's absolutely no danger to students with this incident," Ward said. "I think it's a good chance the police will solve this one fairly fast."
Some students agree with Ward.
"I think that it was definitely scary at first because it happened so close to campus, but I don't feel threatened here as a student because I feel like all security measures would be taken to prevent that in the future," freshman Ann Terrell said.
Kaycee Fadiya, 44, was shot Friday at 11 a.m. in what the Chicago Police Department and campus safety identify as a narcotics-related incident. No official statement from the CPD was made at the time of this publication, and the following information was relayed to the Phoenix by Bernard Ward, Ph. D., director of campus safety.
The gunman entered the establishment at 1215 W. Devon Ave. and chased the owner around. The gunman pursued the owner out of the store until he collapsed in the street after being shot two or three times.
"There were no witnesses, just a lone gunman entered the store," Ward said. "[Fadiya] was shot, and he managed to run out into the street and that's where he collapsed."
Police and campus safety describe the "lone offender" as a male, approximately 5'10" to 6', wearing a green hooded sweatshirt under a black leather jacket, gray pants and tan work boots.
The CPD has been unable to verify whether the gunman was identified, due to computer system updating in the 24th District. There were eight surveillance cameras in the store and CPD is currently employing these tapes to solve the crime. Additionally, a neighboring business' camera captured video of the suspect entering and leaving the convenience store.
E-mails were sent out to the Loyola community Friday at 2:53 p.m. through a special broadcast message.
"We got our notification out at a very timely matter; there is more to this than I can tell you," Ward said. "There was no danger presented to our students and the incident was contained in that store. [The CPD is] looking into all possibilities attached to this robbery."
The alert system, eAlert, was not activated on Friday because the system is required for major on-campus disasters.
"The alert is going to be used in catastrophic events," Ward said. "Events that really effect the whole university, like severe weather would be one, if there's a tornado coming our way, if we have a shooter on campus or that we have a major fire - something that would really impact everyone. Hopefully we never have to use this.
"It's my opinion that there's absolutely no danger to students with this incident," Ward said. "I think it's a good chance the police will solve this one fairly fast."
Some students agree with Ward.
"I think that it was definitely scary at first because it happened so close to campus, but I don't feel threatened here as a student because I feel like all security measures would be taken to prevent that in the future," freshman Ann Terrell said.