17-year-old charged in connection with fatal shooting of boy, 16, near The Bean
First responders move a shooting victim to an ambulance on Adams Street near State Street in downtown Chicago on May 14, 2022. The downtown area saw gun violence and disturbances after a teenage boy was shot and fatally wounded near the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park.
Saturday’s shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East Randolph Street. Around the same time, police were responding “in the area of downtown and Millennium Park” to what they deemed a large crowd “disturbance,” involving 400 to 500 teenagers, according to estimates. It wasn’t clear how many of the hundreds of teenagers estimated to be involved in the downtown disturbance were nearby when the shooting occurred but the police report suggests Holliday and the gunman were standing in a group when they appeared to begin arguing. The report, citing police and Park District video surveillance that captured the shooting, said: “The victim, along with numerous other individuals, appear to be in an altercation with the … near The Bean in Millennium Park.
A second male, whose age was not listed in the police report, also was “observed in close proximity to at the time of his arrest.” He also was seen pulling a gun from his waistband, but the police report notes he only took out the weapon after Holliday had been shot. When he saw officers coming toward him he also took off running, the report said, but he was stopped and detained after a brief foot chase.
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