Overview
- The home invasion and sexual assault happened last Friday when a man entered a 19-year-old woman's Auburn Gresham apartment, robbed residents and raped the tenant at gunpoint.
- Surveillance footage from the building owner shows the suspect entering through an unlocked back door, spending more than half an hour inside and stealing handguns, a game console and cell phones.
- The victim's family and building owner say they made multiple 911 calls and that Chicago police did not arrive for roughly four to five hours, while family members tracked a stolen phone to a nearby park.
- Chicago police said detectives are speaking with a person of interest and local reporting states that the person of interest is now in custody, though no formal charge information has been released.
- The victim and her family are seeking legal counsel to consider action against the Chicago Police Department, and the case has focused attention on staffing and patrol levels in the Gresham police district.