Struggle Over Counterfeit Tickets Sends 3 Folks Crashing Via Window At Congress Resort Close to Lollapalooza

CHICAGO (CBS) — A struggle over counterfeit tickets despatched three folks by means of a window Sunday afternoon on the Congress Resort downtown, proper throughout from the doorway to Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

CBS 2’s Steven Graves reported there was transient commotion on the lodge, at 520 S. Michigan Ave.

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#BREAKING Transient commotion throughout from #Lollapalooza gate (Michigan & Harrison) when obvious struggle began and somebody was pushed into the Congress Resort.

Two folks seen bleeding. It appears to be beneath management now. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/Z5RewloUaO

— Steven Graves (@StevenGravesTV) August 1, 2021

At 5:45 p.m., police got here to the lodge for a name of a misleading observe, during which a 26-year-old man was accused of promoting counterfeit tickets to a 38-year-old man, a 29-year-old man, a 27-year-old lady, and a 23-year-old lady.

The 2 males from the group to whom the tickets have been offered then confronted the person on the sidewalk, and so they obtained right into a struggle that despatched all of them crashing by means of the ground-floor lodge window because it shattered, police mentioned.

A person took graphic video displaying somebody being pushed by means of the window. The person advised Graves the struggle was over “dangerous wristbands” for Lollapalooza.

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Man tells me he talked the one who took this video. Says the struggle was over “dangerous wristbands” for #Lollapalooza. Police nonetheless investigating this, blocking the sidewalk. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/tHMt8hGn1k

— Steven Graves (@StevenGravesTV) August 1, 2021

The older of the 2 alleged fraud victims suffered minor cuts to his head and each his legs and his situation was stabilized. The youthful of the boys suffered a laceration to the leg and was reported in good situation, and the person who offered them the alleged counterfeit tickets suffered minor cuts to his arms and each legs. His situation was additionally stabilized.

Graves mentioned two folks have been seen bleeding on the scene. First responders put tourniquets on all three injured males, who have been all taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

The person accused of promoting the pretend tickets was in custody late Sunday.

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Police shut down the sidewalk on the scene for a number of hours.