Chicago shootings: 33 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend violence, CPD says
CHICAGO -- At least 33 people have been shot, five fatally, in weekend violence across Chicago, police said.
The youngest homicide victim was a 16-year-old boy shot Saturday evening near "The Bean" statue in the Loop, leading Mayor Lori Lightfoot to impose a curfew for unaccompanied minors on weekends at Millennium Park.
Declaring the city "cannot allow any of our public spaces to become platforms for danger," Lightfoot said unaccompanied minors won't be allowed there after 6 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday, unless they're with "at least one responsible adult."
Two people were arrested shortly after 16-year-old Seandell Holliday was shot dead while crowds gathered near "The Bean," police said. Seandell was shot in his chest and pronounced dead at Lurie Children's Hospital.
Later Saturday night, two more people were shot in the Loop after police said two children opened fire on a group of people shortly before midnight in the 300-block of South State Street. A man was shot in the neck and chest, while another man, 18, was shot in the hand.
Shootings in the downtown area have increased this year. So far this weekend, five of the 31 shootings victims were in the 1st police district, which covers the Loop and Near South Side areas. Shootings in the district are up 60% over last year through May 8, according to police statistics. All other categories of major crime - including murder, robbery, theft and battery - are also up in the downtown police district.
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