Edgewater roads close for Officer John Bartholomew funeral services
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Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · May 6
Edgewater roads close for Officer John Bartholomew funeral services
9 articles · Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · May 6
Chicago said DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Sheridan Road and Bryn Mawr Avenue near St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church will shut Thursday from 11am-9pm and Friday from 9am-3pm.
Officials expect major traffic and parking disruption in the area bounded by Thorndale, Clark, Foster and Lake Shore Drive, and urged drivers to use alternate routes or public transport.
Bartholomew, a 10-year Chicago police veteran, died after being shot on 25 April at Swedish Hospital; Alphanso Talley, 26, is charged and Bartholomew’s partner was critically injured.
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