Cops: Initial investigation indicates Scott shot himself – Chicago Breaking News.
Police investigating the death of Chicago school board president Michael Scott say initial reports from the scene indicate Scott shot himself in the head along the banks of the Chicago River.
Scott’s family had reported him missing on Sunday. Police used his cell phone to locate his body and his car behind the Chicago Apparel Center at 350 N. Orleans along the north branch of the river early this morning, police sources tell the Chicago Tribune.
He apparently fell forward after shooting himself, and the gun was found near the body, the sources say.
H/T wac & Anthony
Background on Scott.
More Bloodletting as NNIC says.
November 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM
First Chris Kelly and now this one. At first it was a trickle, and now they’re dropping like flies in Chicago…
You can tell that something is going on and the heat is getting hot. Looks like a Republican is going to win BHO’s old Senate seat. The ritual bloodletting has now begun in earnest…
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/11/illinois_democrats_risk_loosin.html
November 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM
YIPPIE…anyone but a good ole Daley boy!!
November 16, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Which ones are getting offed because Daly, Obama, and Michelle really blew the Olympics?
November 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I think this is just the beginning, how about you?
November 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Well with Obama being in MASSIVE-FAIL for the Obama-crat, Chicago Criminal Party already…….
Sure looks like the beginning of their end.
Oh, and here’s a great pic of Obama playing football. (H/T to Not Your Sweetie blog.)
http://i3.photoblog.com/photos7/16929-1258372227-3.jpg
November 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Was he going to speak out about some people he knows?
November 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM
They swear it was the death of the wife, but there are underlying currents as always in Chicago.
November 16, 2009 at 5:54 PM
It was racism. Just you wait and see…
November 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Yeah, it’s that darned river of racism.
November 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Who are the ministers … ?
‘In August, he was forced to answer questions about his involvement in a development proposal near the the proposed Douglas Park Olympic site.
He insisted he would not profit from the deal.
“I would not profit . . . not at all,” Scott told reporters at a Chicago Board of Education press conference.
He was responding to a published report contending he was “potentially positioning himself to cash in” if the Olympics come to Chicago because he was helping a group of ministers try to turn some city-owned lots across from what could have been an Olympic site into affordable housing.
Scott said he agreed to advise the ministers on how to put the deal together, navigate city departments and train people on how to sell affordable housing.
Any profits were to be split among the ministers because “I have no monetary interest,” Scott said. “These people are my friends. They asked for my help and I helped them on a part-time basis.”’
Per your link…
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1886301,michael-scott-body-river-education-111509.article
November 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Jesse Jackson?
November 16, 2009 at 7:41 PM
I was going to say something like that … but I stopped short.
November 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Oh why? If Al Sharpton lived in Chicago, I would have added his name as well.
November 16, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Hmmmmmm………. that article says the following…..
“The 60-year-old Scott, Mayor Daley’s go-to-guy for years, had a gunshot wound to his left temple.
He left behind his cell phone on a ledge overlooking the river on the west side of the Apparel Center, 350 N. Orleans.
But he left no note, a source said.”
Sounds as though he got an offer he just could not refuse.
If the gun shot didn’t do him in, the fall into the river would.
November 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM
“Now, now, let’s not jump to conclusions here” (snarkety-snark snark)
Of course his ass got shot by someone. Probably one of Daley’s other “go-to” people. (one of Jarrett’s bitches? She’s got a lot to lose with this, too)
November 16, 2009 at 7:59 PM
My thoughts exactly.
November 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Roger that.
November 16, 2009 at 8:37 PM
You mean like one of the many Obama-friend, Chicago SLUM LORDS???
I hear banjos playing….
November 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Again?
November 16, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Where the banjos too loud?
Sorry!
November 16, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Don’t worry Anthony!
My conclusions are always crossed before I get to jump them!
Watch out for those Chicago Navy Pier sharks!
November 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Oh my!
November 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I can chew them up and spit them out with one hand tied behind my back.
November 16, 2009 at 10:03 PM
My oh my Anthony, we are feisty this Monday.
November 16, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Anthony must have had his spinach today!
November 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM
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November 16, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Was he another good-looking, young man and member of Rev. Wright’s church, like Donald Young was member there, and like Obama was a member there?
November 16, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Obviously some questions will have no answer since he left no note.
November 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Well have to get a hold of Larry and ask him
November 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Heh
November 16, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Yes.