Overview
- Police say an 18-year-old driver drove into a crowd while officers were dispersing a large unauthorized teen gathering near Roosevelt and Loomis, striking five officers who were taken to hospital in fair condition.
- Officers arrested the driver and more than a dozen others at the Near West Side scene and recovered a firearm from the vehicle.
- Detectives are investigating a separate Little Village mass shooting that wounded four teenagers who were found after officers heard gunfire and were taken to Mount Sinai in good condition.
- Chicago recorded a weekend spike in shootings with news outlets compiling at least 21 people wounded across the Memorial Day weekend, and some victims self-transported to hospitals or were uncooperative with police.
- City leaders and police have stepped up summer patrols, urged parental oversight, and said they will continue probing links between social-media-driven teen gatherings and the weekend violence.