TURN THE CAMERAS BACK ON!

The following is a message from Jim Hartmann, Cedar Run Concerned Homeowner and blog contributor:

My name is Jim Hartmann. I own a unit on Exeter. I was very upset to hear about the shooting incident this past Sunday, August 11.

I called the Wheeling Police Department and spoke with Officer Chirio, Sergeant in the Special Operating Unit and the investigator who is looking into incident.

I asked him what we can do as homeowner's to assist in this situation.  He told me we can do two things:

• We need to turn our security cameras back on.
• We need to call the police (911) immediately when we hear gunfire.

Apparently, nobody called the police until the following morning.  This greatly lessens their chance of catching a suspect.

Here are the facts:

• 23 shell casings were recovered
• 3 rounds hit the unit, one penetrating the wall and hitting the bedroom wall in the unit.
• 9 mm handgun, semi-automatic was used to fire these shots
• At this point, they have no suspects.

If you know anything about the incident, please call the Wheeling Police Department at (847) 459-2632.

Officer Chirio told me that he had spoken with Robert Sher about turning the cameras back on last year. In fact, he even sent out somebody from the department to assist in getting the cameras back on. He also said that the cameras have proven very helpful in the past and may have provided evidence in this latest incident.

Why is the board not turning on the cameras?

 

Would these cameras guarantee that the this crime would have been solved?  Maybe not. 
But they would tell the police the license plate numbers and times that any vehicles entered and exited the property.  This could at least give them clues as to who they should question about the incident.