Shooting in Chicago's downtown leaves at least two dead
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[May 21, 2022] (Reuters)
- Chicago police arrested a suspect in a
fatal shooting that escalated from a fight outside a fast food
restaurant and spilled on to a nearby train line, authorities and local
media said on Friday.
At least two people died and 10 were wounded after gunfire erupted on
Thursday night outside a McDonald's near the city's Magnificent Mile
shopping section, authorities said. A gun was recovered at the crime
scene, according to Chicago police spokesperson Tom Ahern.
"I was getting off the train and I spotted a group of teens fighting,"
Deonna Jackson, who witnessed the incident, told the Chicago Tribune.
"The teens started rushing towards me and they're all attacking one
person - they were jumping someone."
Authorities said an investigation was ongoing. They had yet to release
details of the victims.
The wounded were taken to local hospitals in "serious to critical
condition," the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised to take additional steps to
address "long-standing concerns along that block."
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Police stand at a shooting scene after gunfire erupted on Thursday
night outside a McDonald's near the city's Magnificent Mile shopping
section, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. May 20, 2022 in this picture
obtained from social media. Twitter/@DamianChlanda/via REUTERS
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Lightfoot earlier banned unaccompanied minors from
the city's Millennium Park after 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday
following a deadly shooting there involving teenagers last weekend.
Like several other U.S. cities, Chicago has witnesed a surge of
deadly violence since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in
2020.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani; editing by John Stonestreet)
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