The Loft, 5923 S. Wentworth Ave.; the Garfield Park Social Club, 3526 W. Lake St.; and a third social club at 3457 W. Harrison St.
Chicago police have closed three unlicensed Negro social clubs on the West and South sides following shootings outside the clubs, including a double homicide Christmas weekend, the latest in what officials say has been a long string of violent incidents.
Ordered closed Thursday under the city’s Summary Closure Ordinance were the Loft, 5923 S. Wentworth Ave.; the Garfield Park Social Club, 3526 W. Lake St.; and a third social club at 3457 W. Harrison St., according to police and public records. The ordinance allows police to close businesses for up to six months if the police superintendent determines they are a threat to public safety.
“The closures will be effective until the establishments become licensed and work with police and city officials to develop an approved public safety plan to ensure they no longer threaten public welfare,” according to the release.
Shootings took place outside all three clubs in the last two weeks, and management at each of the clubs failed to report the attacks, according to the release.
In the most serious shooting, a man and a woman, identified as Ashley Eddings, 28, of Joliet, and Tyree White, 29, of the 200 block of East 121st Place, were killed down the block from the Loft about 2:15 a.m. Dec. 27. The two were shot while sitting in a car after a party at the club, according to the release.
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