Chicago Mayor Mayor Lori Lightfoot has pledged that City officials will take whatever steps are needed to prevent violent outbreaks involving teens in the city's downtown areas.
The Illinois State Rifle Association has come out against Chicago Mayor-elect in his comments seeking to not “demonize” youth who flooded into downtown Chicago last week.
Chicago Police Department , CPD of City of Chicago , City of Chicago said The Chicago Police Department has instituted a teen curfew at Millennium Park following a weekend of violence that ended with two teens shot and 15 others arrested. on Apr 18th.
A gunshot detection software, ShotSpotter, that police rely on – and have praised --to respond more quickly to potential crime scenes may be eliminated under mayor-elect Brandon Johnson.
David O. Washington, 18, was arrested after a weekend of violent mob action in Chicago. He and an estimated 1,000 other teens flooded into parts of Chicago wreaking havoc. He was one of nine arrested.
Contrell Lopez, 19, was one of nine teens arrested over the past weekend and charged with crimes related to mob violence that wracked the City of Chicago.
Chicago Interim Police Superintendent Eric Carter has recommended that Officer Eric Stillman be terminated for his role in the 2021 shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.