- Chicago on Sunday became the second Midwestern city to institute a curfew this week after the shooting death of 16-year-old Seandell Holliday
- Milwaukee implemented a curfew for anyone under the age of 21 after three people were killed and 24 were injured in nine shootings across the city
- Chicago officials also announced Sunday afternoon that minors will not be allowed in they city’s Millennium park after 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday without an adult
- Police said the teen was shot in the chest at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday near the giant, mirrored structure. Police didn’t immediately release the teen’s name
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot became the second Midwestern official to implement a curfew for unaccompanied minors this weekend after a spate of deadly gun violence, which saw a 16-year-old boy shot dead.
The curfew will ban unaccompanied minors from a popular city park on weekend evenings, an attempt to combat violence after teenager Seandell Holliday was fatally shot near a popular tourist attraction – a sculpture called ‘The Bean’ – in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Milwaukee implemented a similar measure for anyone under the age of 21 Saturday and Sunday night after three people were killed and 24 were injured in nine shootings across the city.
Officials announced Sunday afternoon that minors will not be allowed in Millennium Park after 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday without an adult. Officials did not comment on how the curfew will be enforced – though they did say that people ‘going to work, government officials, social service workers, and credentialed members of the press acting in their official capacity’ will be exempt from the order.