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A teenager was killed in a shooting after being shot in the chest in Chicago’s Millennium Park, later another shooting left two youth injured in Loop near first shooting, Chicago police reported.
The first shooting took place around 7: 30 of the night, where the adolescent of 16 years of age received shot during a meeting inside Millennium Park, was taken to hospital in critical condition, where he later died of his injuries.
The office The Cook County Medical Examiner identified him as Sean Holliday of Chicago.
So far no further details have been reported on this incident, but the police have two persons of interest in their custody, in addition, two firearms were recovered In the crime scene.
The second shooting occurred on the block of South State Street, while the two teenagers who were later injured were walking with a group of people at 11: 41 of the night approximately, when two minors opened fire against the group.
One of the victims, who is between 18 and 20 years old, was shot in the chest and neck and was taken to a medical center in critical condition. The other young man, aged 18 was shot in the left hand and was taken to hospital in good health. conditions.
Two other minors are being questioned about this incident.
Regarding the first shooting, the mayor, Lori Lightfoot issued a statement where the following could be read:
“Tonight, a young man from 16 years died tragically near Millennium Park. This senseless loss of life is absolutely unacceptable. Tonight, a mother is grieving the loss of her child and searching for answers. My heart is breaking for the mother as she mourns this unspeakable loss.”
“Of course, young people are welcome everywhere in our city, but the norms of the community require mutual respect, the property of the people and the holiness of the life. Anything less will simply not be tolerated. We must also have zero tolerance for youth carrying firearms or resolving petty disputes with acts of violence. We must all condemn this behavior in the strongest possible terms and continue to take action against anyone who violates these basic community standards. And I continue to ask parents and guardians to step up, to ensure that your children understand basic values of respect, and that you take responsibility for knowing where your children are and who they are with at all times.”
“We will take further steps to stop this anarchy and will share details as soon as possible on what further steps we will take to help prevent events like this from happening in the future”.
Por On the other hand, authorities said that hundreds of young people were in Millennium Park on Saturday night and began to congregate in the nearby streets, prompting the police to evacuate the park.
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