11-Year-Old Boy Roams Chicago Streets With Molotov Cocktail, Lighter
- Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:07pm by
Jason Howerton
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Police are interviewing an 11-year-old boy after he was seen roaming the streets of Chicago on Monday night holding a Molotov cocktail in one hand and a what looked like a lighter in the other, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The boy was apparently holding a 12-ounce beer bottle filled with what police suspect was gasoline with a cloth wick sticking out of the top of the bottle. Another person close to him was reportedly holding a gas can, according to police.
Molotov Cocktail (File)
When he saw he had been noticed by someone in the neighborhood, the 11-year-old boy dropped the bottle and ran. Shortly after, police were called and the Molotov cocktail was collected as evidence and they were able to track down the boy and bring him in for questioning at around 9:50 p.m. No charges have been filed.
Luckily, no fire was started and there were no reported injuries.
A Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Sargent told the Chicago Tribune that the investigation in ongoing but did not provide any additional details as to why the young boy was wandering the mean Chicago streets with a deadly weapon.
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Comments (64)
bigben357mag
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:23pmIf Obama had a son?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:14amDarn, you beat me to it.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 8:24amThe story should say 11 year wanders streets with bottle full of gas. Because that isn’t a molotov cocktail. Molotov is a bottle stuffed styrofoam,and a 1/4 cup of liquid soap then filled with gas until the foam melts and fuel levels off. It’s like napalm
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:02pmAh, yes, another Sanctuary City Tale…
O-ver
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:27pmWould that be some more of those Chicago values.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:24pmWait, wait… he may be a son of (insert your favorite foreign terrorist group) and qualify for a federal program.
Report Post »Cadcamtrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:25pmThe true Chicago values moved out that city long time ag. All that is left is trash. Exodus to Indiana……
Report Post »starman70
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:55pmA true Chicago politician in training.
Report Post »Tree_Butcher
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:00pmwe‘re looking at the result of O’s Community Organizing…
Report Post »Cadcamtrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:27pmOne of Calipso Louie Farakan troops patrolling the streets at the request of “dead fish” Rahman Manuel…..
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:07amNow Chicago can ban gasoline and beer. This will stop molotov cocktails just as their gun laws have stopped shootings.
You have to use a little liberal logic but if Rohm can get it passed then Bloomiw will pass it in NYC. Beer must be as fattening as soda, Bloomie will probably add rags to the ban.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »dodgedart1966
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:46pmHe was just displaying another option for a psycho if guns were banned.
Report Post »sasquatch08
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:34pmLooks like we’re going to have to ban bottles that can hold more than 10oz of fluid.
Get on it Schumer!
Report Post »Archstone
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:18pmGenealogists won‘t confirm or deny that it is Obama’s son.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:09pmmaybe a suicide by lighting himself on fire in America in attempt to start a revolution.
Report Post »SuttonShimai
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:08pm“A Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Sargent told the Chicago Tribune that the investigation in ongoing but did not provide any additional details as to why the young boy was wandering the mean Chicago streets with a deadly weapon.”
Because he wasn’t old enough to carry a gun. Oh, wait, this is Chicago. Because he wasn’t allowed to defend himself at all.
Report Post »Hoax And Chains
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:56pmOn May 24, 2010, the FBI released its preliminary annual uniform crime report for 2009. Among the nation’s 10 largest cities, each with a population of one million or more, only Philadelphia had higher rates of murder and violent crime than Chicago. Chicago‘s murder rate was nearly three times higher than New York City’s in the same 2009 study.
Report Post »And Chicago has one of the strictest gun control policies. Good thing old Rahm is more worried about Chicken restaurants simply because the owner does not hate gays but exercises his free speech approving of traditional marriage.
I guess the answer here is we need to ban gasoline sales to all except those with a permit to buy… that’ll stop this kind of behavior…
KickinBack
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:52pmIt was only an improvised incendiary device. At least it wasn’t a handgun…those are illegal…
Report Post »Hoax And Chains
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:00pmExcellent point! I mean… how many people can a molotov cocktail hurt or kill compared to a gun… right?… it’s only extremely volatile gas that, when lit and thrown, can blanket several people at the same time… we just have to ban gas and beer bottles!!!!
Report Post »ChiYankee
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:41pmCareful, Obama is already trying to ban gas. And, if the progressives of the past get their way, prohibition could make a return. Thereby banning the beer bottles. Damn.
Report Post »apexmoon
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:52pmWell, at least he didn’t have a gun.
Report Post »Mamma Bear
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:44pmThe beautiful City of Chicago! The toughest Gun Control Laws in the country (well maybe 2nd think DC may be worse) and Obama fantastic home city.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:42pm.
Report Post »I‘ll bet his name’s not “Bob”.
wordweaver
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:41pmSo, Rahm ol’ buddy, maybe as mayor you might want to not worry so much about banning Chick-fil-A restaurants from Chicago, and focus more on why your young people are killing each other at a higher rate than in unstable third world countries.
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:39pmNext year a glock?I give him three months till he starts packing.Spilling gas inside the pants smarts alittle.
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:34pmThis is a significant story to Becks blaze?…So pathetic! This site has quickly turned into the right wing version of TMZ. This site holds nothing compared to Huffington Post.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:52pmAnd yet you are still posting! Says a lot about your life!
Report Post »Crazy-Horse
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:06pm@TROLLMONGER
Careful Anonymouse aka beckisnuts, Do you really want to be shot down? I’ve got 6 x 9 yards ready and willing and my sites are better than good. A big giant 4 prop smile in your direction.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:29pm@mong…You didn’t “LOL” at the end of your contentiousness, lugubriously.
Report Post »Pity.
TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:30pmRAY,
LOL….just for you
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:30pmMONGER – F U …just for you. I hope someone flips one through your window while you’re posting.
Report Post »Cadcamtrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:31pmYah right… Like this don’t count… crawl back under your rock troll….
Report Post »tothepoint
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:29pmWelcome to the streets of Chicago, the home of Obama thuggery.
Report Post »possom
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:20pmSo what are we going to ban next, beer bottles, gas, rags, lighters or 11 yr old boys? Comm’on libs pick one.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:27pmPlease don’t ban the 11 year old boys!
Signed,
Jerry Sandusky
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:19pmanyone carrying a molatov cocktal should be shot on sight in a free nation.
Report Post »AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:49amwhat an ironic statement
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:18pmJust another member of the ‘Obama Youth’.
Report Post »one.dakine.howlie
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:35pmExactly. Using the impressionable youth to do their dirty work. Terrorists have perfected this tactic and every tyrant has used it.
Report Post »spookchaser
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:41pmHitler had a youth corp also.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:18pmThe Lord God comes down and God leans on all the walls people have made wanting to knock down the walls, but the serpent tries to hold the walls up because the serpent always does the exact opposite. I know God is here because he is currently taking the sword out against Ethiopia.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:03pmAh! One that sees! Yessssss…I see you now, you are walking…Take heed, the men cometh with the funny jacket! Run, run. Run far and fast before the men reach your place for they cometh!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:07pmHey, somebody let WATERSPORT out again.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:17pmLooking for a brighter night apparently.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjUQ15lyzk
The-Monk
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:46pmHi RJJ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwNXQMoNps
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:14pmThe law of unintended consequences: Handguns are illegal in Chicago; therefore, people have to carry around Molotov cocktails for personal protection.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:13pmThis was due to slavery.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:13pmWhat? Didn’t everyone play with molotov cocktails as kids?
I remember one incident where we were burning fire ant hills by the side of a country road with gas in a tennis ball can. My friend went to pour more gas out of the can to keep it burning and the flame caught the stream. He flung the can across the road just as a car rounded the curve. It was sooo cool…Gas stuck to the car tires and the wheels flamed up briefly. We ran like hell as the car screeched to a stop…
Ah, the innocence of youth…
Just wait, another year or so and this kid will be packing a Glock…
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:42pmThat was you Trolltrainer? You owe me for some tires. ;o)
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