Ethan Illers

Sun, June 14, 2026

CHICAGO (WGN) – A firework was reportedly set off right outside a Chicago alderman's home early Saturday morning while his children were asleep inside.

Police said the incident happened at 12:45 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of West 21st Street, outside the Lower West Side home of Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward).

Video surveillance shows an SUV drive up to the intersection. A man later gets out of the SUV and ignites a suspected firework directly in front of Sigcho-Lopez's home, according to the alderman. The man then immediately got back in the SUV which then drove off.

(Photo: Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez's office)

Sigcho-Lopez said the incident happened while his three children were asleep inside the home. The explosion shattered a window and no injuries were reported.

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Anyone with information or video surveillance footage of the incident is asked to call Sigcho-Lopez's 25th Ward Office at 773-523-4100, email ward25@cityofchicago.org or contact Chicago police Area Three Detectives.