Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Fred Hampton — Part 3
Page 25
25 / 251
Nos. Bos, 77-1210 & 77-1370 21
living room and grabbed the shotgun from Harris who
was sitting on a bed next to the south wall of the living
room. The officers testified that during the next few
seconds they observed flashes of firing exiting from both
bedrooms. Testimony was given that a cease-fire was
called, but was broken by two shots, one from each
bedroom.
At the same time, Carmody broke through the kitchen
door into the rear of the apartment. Observing flashes of
firing exiting from the back bedroom, he lunged into the
kitchen. He advanced to a position in the dining room
and fired into the bedroom. Ciszewski and Broderick
followed Carmody’s lead. Ciszewski pointed his
flashlight into the back bedroom and Bell surrendered.
A second cease-fire was called. It too was broken when
flashes were observed again in the rear of the apart-
ment. When Gorman and Davis fired through the living
room wall, their volleys were returned by more firing
from the bedroom. .
Truelock and Johnson emerged from the back room
during a third cease-fire. Carmody then entered the
back bedroom where he saw Hampton’s body on the bed.
While Carmody dragged the body from the room,
Ciszewski entered to remove weapons. A bullet ripped
through the north wall of the bedroom and struck
Ciszewski in the ankle.
Having secured the living room and back bedroom,
the raiders concentrated their efforts on the front
bedroom. Gorman ran to the bedroom after shooting
through the south wall of the living room. He fired his
machine gun into the front bedroom as he saw Anderson
rising between the beds with a shotgun clutched in his
hands. Anderson was hit by Gorman’s volley. Gorman
also spotted Brewer with an object in her hands, but no
shots were exchanged. Carmody and Broderick also
fired into the north bedroom.- According to a tape of a
radio dispatcher’s communication with the raiders that
-morning, the apartment was under control within seven
minutes.
In addition to the raiders’ testimony, the statements of
several plaintiffs given to their lawyers after the inci-
Reveal the original PDF page, then click a word to highlight the OCR text.
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
letter
bureau
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic