Chicago police launch emergency assistance center for North Lawndale …

An emergency assistance center opened its doors Tuesday afternoon at Young Men’s Educational Network in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, right across the street from where police said a mass shooting injured 15 people over the weekend.

“It is important that the community, that the trauma as it it’s happening that we service that community and be in that community,” said Director Glen Brooks, Chicago Police Department Community Policing.

Cameras were not allowed inside to protect the privacy of those seeking services as they begin to heal from the trauma, but those hoping to aid the community were willing to discuss their critical mission.

“This trauma will not go unnoticed and will not be unrecognized when people are hurting and suffering,” said Executive Director Michael Trout, YMEN. “As a community we will be banded together with the resources necessary to make sure everyone feels supportive and cared for.”

About a dozen service…