Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Erupts In Overnight Looting, Violence

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Bridges that lead into downtown Chicago were raised to limit access after widespread looting and vandalism took place late Sunday and early Monday. Police made more than 100 arrests during the night of unrest and confiscated 5 guns.

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On Sunday afternoon, police shot and injured a male suspect in Englewood, on the city’s South Side. Police say the offender had fired a weapon at officers; he has been hospitalized and is expected to survive.

A crowd of residents confronted police officers at the crime scene, accusing them of shooting a child. Deputy Police Chief Yolanda Talley disputed that characterization on Sunday, calling it «misinformation. On Monday, Brown said the suspect shot by police was a 20-year-old man.

Brown said shortly after the crowd in Englewood dispersed, police learned of calls on social media for looting downtown, with «car caravans headed that way in «an incident of pure criminality. He said 400 officers were dispatched to the scene.

«I pledge to pursue these offenders to the fullest extent of the law, he said.[The Chicago Police Department] will not stand by as our beautiful downtown becomes someplace people fear.