CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting in downtown Chicago.
The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Thursday near a McDonald’s restaurant close to the city’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district.
Police said in a statement that one person was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered. Police haven’t released the names or ages of the dead, or details about the circumstances of the shooting.
The shooting comes amid a surge in deadly violence in Chicago in recent years and follows a fatal shooting last weekend in downtown Millennium Park that led the city to tighten a curfew for young people.
