Crime
Abduction of Jamal White caught on camera in new video
MILWAUKEE, WI – Newly obtained surveillance footage has revealed the chilling moment 7-year-old Jamal White was abducted at gunpoint on Friday evening, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and a nearly 24-hour search before the boy was found safe.
According to Milwaukee police, the abduction occurred near North 61st and West Hustis Streets, just after 7:00 p.m.
The video shows a white Jeep parked on the side of the road as Jamal, riding his bicycle home from a nearby park, approaches his driveway.
Witnesses say his father, Jamal D. White Sr., was driving alongside him in a separate vehicle.
In the footage, the Jeep can be seen slowly moving before it suddenly turns around and blocks the driveway. Two suspects exit the vehicle simultaneously — one appears to be armed, pursuing Jamal’s father as he attempts to retreat into the house, while the second suspect chases Jamal up the driveway.
Moments later, the suspect is seen carrying Jamal back toward the vehicle and forcibly placing him into the Jeep.
As the Jeep speeds away, Jamal’s family can be seen rushing out of the home in panic, with his father striking the back of his car in anguish. The Amber Alert was issued approximately five hours later, shortly before midnight.
Police located Jamal the next evening, around 6:00 p.m. Saturday, inside a home near North 39th and West Lloyd Streets — roughly seven miles from where the abduction took place.
He was found safe, and multiple arrests have been made in connection with the case.
The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities are working to determine the motive behind the abduction.
Anyone with additional information is urged to contact Milwaukee Police.
Authorities have identified the man shot and killed Friday afternoon in a parking lot outside a Little Caesars restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.
The victim has been named as Stevens Jeffrey, 29, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The shooting occurred in the 2600 block of West Cermak Road near Rockwell Street at approximately 1:10 p.m., according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD).
Preliminary reports indicate that Jeffrey was sitting in his vehicle when he was approached by an unknown vehicle.
An armed individual exited that vehicle and opened fire, striking Jeffrey multiple times in the face and body.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene, where Jeffrey was pronounced dead. He was discovered inside his vehicle with his two young children, ages 4 and 6, who were unharmed.
Both children were transported to Stroger Hospital for precautionary evaluation.
The shooting took place in the parking lot of a Little Caesars restaurant, where investigators recovered multiple shell casings and placed numerous evidence markers on the ground.
As of Friday evening, no suspects are in custody, and detectives from the CPD Area Four Homicide Unit are leading the investigation. Police have not released information on a possible motive.
Authorities are urging anyone with information about this homicide to contact Chicago Police or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTip.com.