June 04--A Roman candle "shootout" broke out in the Near West Side neighborhood earlier this week, and it was caught on video that has received more than a quarter of a million views and counting.
The video shows two groups firing Roman candles at each other at Western Avenue and Wilcox Street on Tuesday. Redeye senior photo editor Lenny Gilmore also caught the scene and posted a photo on Instagram.
Here is how Gilmore described it:
"Roman candle battle on Western Ave. in Chicago ... between friends who all knew each other and grew up together. I did the same thing with my friends in the suburbs ... No one got hurt and the police came and broke it up."
(An earlier version of this story incorrectly labeled the neighborhood as East Garfield Park.)
