Ald. Grover Witnessed Gunfight Outside ETHS

Evanston Ald. Jane Grover (7th Ward) was an eyewitness to a gunfight outside Evanston Township High School this Tuesday, an incident that has led to one arrest so far, according to the Daily Northwestern. 

Grover told the Daily that she witnessed one man firing a gun in front of a white stucco home on Dodge Avenue that day, and said her first reaction was outrage: “I’ve been so angry since then, actually…that there’s some idiot on our street shooting at our people across from our high school at four o’clock in the afternoon.”

Police say two men got into a dispute, then exchanged gunfire in the front yard of a home in the 1600 block of Dodge Avenue around 4 p.m. Tuesday, just as dozens of parents were pulling into the Evanston Township High School parking lot for Nichols Middle School graduation. 

Police arrested a 21-year-old Evanston man in connection with the incident, and charged him with multiple felonies. A second man was taken into police custody but was not charged in the incident.

For the full story on Grover's eyewitness account, visit the Daily Northwestern. 

Previous coverage from Patch:

• Police: Shots Fired Outside ETHS; Multiple People in Custody
• Police: Felon Charged With Firing Gun Outside ETHS