Streeterville residents push to change downtown curfew for minors to 8 p.m.
Twice so far this year, large gatherings of teens in the Streeterville neighborhood have ended in gunfire.
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Twice so far this year, large gatherings of teens in the Streeterville neighborhood have ended in gunfire.
An effort to push the curfew up two hours, to 8 p.m., for kids under 18 in downtown Chicago is getting new attention, after two large so-called teen takeovers in Streeterville earlier this year ended in gun violence.
A 46-year-old woman was shot while walking with her son during a teen takeover earlier this month.
A few days after the shooting, police released surveillance images of four people wanted in connection with it — all under the age of 20.
Hundreds of teens crowded in the streets, fistfights, tasers, and a gunshot; that was the scene Friday night in the Streeterville neighborhood in downtown Chicago. One alderman is renewing his call for an earlier downtown curfew for teens to help prevent the violence.
The incident happened in the same area where a tourist was shot near the AMC River East movie theater two weeks ago.
A 15-year-old boy was shot during a chaotic teen takeover Friday night in downtown Chicago.
Officers found a 15-year-old boy on the ground with a gunshot graze wound to his leg after hearing gunshots near Columbus Drive and Illinois Street.
The shooting left a woman visiting Chicago wounded, and surveillance images of the suspects have now been released. Marissa Sulek reports.
A 46-year-old woman and her son were walking near the AMC River East movie theater Sunday night when the woman was shot in the arm.
The call came in just after 8 p.m. Sunday when the woman was shot in the arm walking down the sidewalk with her son.
Fire crews treated the 46-year-old woman, who was then taken to Northwestern Hospital in good condition and later released. She was walking with her young son at the time when she was shot, according to police.
The woman was walking in the 400 block of North Columbus Drive, between Illinois and North Water streets, when she heard gunshots and felt pain.
Three children were among seven people injured when a stolen Jeep Cherokee caused a four-car crash Wednesday night in the Streeterville neighborhood.
A 26-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 300 block of East North Water Street when he was shot in the head by an unknown shooter, police said.
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A person of interest was taken into custody, police said.
Police said they are adding more officers on weekends, watching and Chicago Transit Authority and other cameras, to keep crowds in check.
Residents heard from police and other leaders about strategies to keep peace in the neighborhood.
On Wednesday, the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, or SOAR, called a town hall meeting with Aldermen Brendan Reilly (42nd) and Brian Hopkins (2nd) to address some of the issues in downtown and Streeterville.
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Police are still looking for the driver.
Police are still looking for that driver.
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Support groups for those impacted by violence in Chicago are hoping to get the word out that help is available.
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Police late Thursday night had not specified exactly what happened.
Along with the local alderman, the neighbors are asking the city to boost the police presence in the area.
Harrison Area detectives were investigating late Wednesday.
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Police said, around 1:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 3200 block of Clinton Avenue.
