40 E Grand Ave
(Above) Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago-Downtown. 2-Jan-18 – The twelve people arrested after a gun discharged at a River North hotel had, collectively, 48 arrests, and that was before the December 24 incident. A late-night party on the ninth floor of Homewood Suites on East Grand Avenue ended with shots fired, though no one was injured. When police arrived at about 3:30 a.m., they found three handguns in room 918 and at least one bullet lodged in a wall. Ten adults, all between the ages of 18 and 24, were arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Two minors, ages 16 and 17, were charged with criminal trespass. No one was charged with any gun-related crime.
Four of the adults have firearms convictions and a fifth is awaiting trial on gun charges. One is on parole. Terrion Morris, age 23, has eleven arrests and, while still on probation for a narcotics conviction, received a one-year sentence for unlawful use of a weapon. The adults charged in the December 24 incident will be in court on February 20. |