Overview
- Two shootings near Millennium Park after the city’s tree lighting left nine teenage victims, and 14-year-old Armani Floyd died of his injuries.
- Alderman Brian Hopkins reported about 300 juveniles rioting in the Loop and said officers were attacked with mace and stun guns, with at least one hospitalized.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Chicago needs National Guard support and claimed residents were "chanting, BRING IN TRUMP."
- Recent rulings prompted 200 Texas National Guard troops to return home, while roughly 300 federalized Illinois Guard members remain in training and are barred from city operations.
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson continue to reject federal intervention as Chicago police investigate the shootings with no arrests announced.