Chicago downtown shooting today – On Saturday after a comparable gathering occurred at 31st Street Beach, Chicago police responded to large numbers of teens at Millennium Park on Saturday night. This prompted police to increase their presence along the lakefront. Video captured Saturday night revealed a significant presence at the park along with sizable crowds nearby. A teenager was shot during a similar gathering that occurred Friday night close to 31st Street Beach, which eventually came to an end.
Following the distribution of flyers for a gathering of youths on social media, hundreds of teenagers—possibly even thousands—gathered at the beach. Just before 9 o’clock, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg, bringing the gathering to an end. Numerous teenagers were forced to flee by the gunshots, which also caused fear on the beach.
Additional information on the event was not provided by police, but they did note that they “continually monitor and adjust resources as necessary so residents and visitors can safely enjoy the city, including our beaches and lakefront area.” No cops were hurt, according to the police, but a squad car was also damaged. A 17-year-old youngster who is accused of numerous firearms offenses was the only individual the police did manage to apprehend on Friday night.
RELATED ARTICLE: Seven people shot in downtown Chicago, including four in an attack in River North
Over the course of three hours early Sunday morning, July 10, 2022, seven people were shot in downtown Chicago. Four of them were hurt when someone fired from a car on State Street in the River North neighborhood. Around 1 a.m., there was a group shooting in the 400 block of North State Street. Two weeks ago, two men were hurt in a drive-by shooting in the same block. In the 18th Police District, where the killings happened, murders are up 100% and shootings are up 53% from a year ago.
In the area as a whole, crime has gone up by 71%. This includes burglaries, thefts, robberies, sexual assaults, and car thefts. In the shooting in River North on Sunday, a witness told police that someone in a white car opened fire on State Street while going south, hurting three men and a woman.
A 29-year-old man was shot in the neck, jaw, and chest and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition. A 40-year-old woman was shot in the leg and knee and taken to the hospital in fair condition. A 41-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital in good condition. A 27-year-old man was shot in the foot and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Sunday night, police said that they were talking to two people who were of interest. About half an hour later, a woman was shot as she stood next to her car on the Near North Side in the 600 block of West Scott Street, police said. The 24-year-old woman got a scratch on the back of her neck and was taken to Northwestern Hospital in good shape.
Police say that two guys were shot at 4:25 a.m. in the first block of West Elm Street on the Near North Side. A guy who was 37 years old and in serious condition was taken to Northwestern, and a man who was 39 years old and in fair condition was also taken to the hospital. In any of the other strikes downtown, no one was caught. At least 16 people were shot in the hours after midnight on Sunday. One of them, a 17-year-old girl in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, was badly hurt. In those attacks, too, no one was in jail.
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