Downtown Closed Nightly in Response to Looting, Unrest
Michigan Ave & E Ontario St, Streeterville, Chicago
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Summary
- More than 100 people were arrested and 13 officers were injured after crowds descended on the Magnificent Mile and the Loop late last Sunday night. Windows were smashed and multiple stores were burglarized in the area.
- Officials indicated that the events were in response to an earlier incident on Sunday where police exchanged gunfire with an armed suspect in Englewood. He is expected to survive his injuries.
- Police said that a civilian and security guard were critically injured by gunfire at an unspecified location. Videos posted to social media depicted a chaotic scene late into the night.
- There will be restricted access to the Loop from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. for the foreseeable future, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department David Brown.
- According to the Chicago Emergency Operations Center, the following closures were put into effect Monday night:
- Access to the downtown area was restricted for people who do not live or work there. Police allowed these people access at Harrison Street, Chicago Avenue & Halsted Street, Roosevelt Road & Canal Street, Kinzie Street & Halsted Street, and LaSalle Street.
- Lake Shore Drive was closed from Fullerton Avenue to I-55. All expressway ramps from Roosevelt Road to Division Street were closed in both directions.
- CTA did not stop in the downtown area from Fullerton Avenue to 47th, and east of Halsted Street. Some buses were rerouted.
- All downtown bridges were raised overnight except for:
- LaSalle Street
- Harrison Street
- The westbound lane of the Ida B. Wells / Congress Bridge
- Lake Shore Drive
- Columbus Avenue
- Kinzie Street
- Grand Avenue
Timeline
Police are requesting assistance at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
Police are blocking the bridge at Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place.
Police report multiple people have been shot and weapons have been recovered throughout the night.
Police are pursuing the suspects southbound on South LaSalle Street.
According to the report, the armed people are in a vehicle.
Police are en route to South Wells Street and West Monroe Street to a report of armed people at the AT&T store.
Police report a person was stabbed inside Bloomingdale's on East Ontario Street.
Officers are requesting assistance at East Ontario Street and North Wabash Avenue.
One is in custody, officers are searching for two additional suspects.
An officer is in a foot pursuit with three suspects at West 69th Street and Sout Rockwell Steet.
An officer is requesting assistance at the Target on West Roosevelt Road.
Police are asking for additional units for a police officer in distress at North Wabash Street and Grant Street.
A group is surrounding officers at North State Street and West Madison Street.
According to the report, shots have been fired and people are armed.
According to a report, a car crashed into a building at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
According to a 911 caller, there is an injured man at North Rush Street and East Superior Street.
According to a report, shots have been fired at East Walton Street and Michigan Avenue.
Police have detained several suspects for looting.
According to the report, people are breaking out the windows of Chase Bank on Michigan Avenue.
Police are searching for someone with a gun.
Police are blocking traffic at Eastbound Chicago Avenue.
Police report people looting in the area.
Westbound Michican Avenue and Oak Street is being blocked to traffic.
The protesters are now on North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street.
The address reported for this incident has changed to N Fairbanks Ct & E Erie St.
EMS is on scene as a precaution.
Police will start forming a line in the streets.
The address reported for this incident has changed to Michigan Ave & E Ohio St.
The group is breaking windows.
Officers report the crowd is trying to throw a stop sign into TJ Maxx.
About 100 people are gathered.
Another officer is in distress at East Ontario Street and North Rush Street.
All available units are being requested to the scene.
Bottles are being thrown at officers.
Officers are requesting a team with gas canisters.
A large group is walking northbound on Michigan Avenue.
According to the report, a police officer is in distress.
Officers have called for immediate police backup.
Incident reported at Michigan Ave & E Ontario St.
Police are requesting assistance at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
Police are blocking the bridge at Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place.
Police report multiple people have been shot and weapons have been recovered throughout the night.
Police are pursuing the suspects southbound on South LaSalle Street.
According to the report, the armed people are in a vehicle.
Police are en route to South Wells Street and West Monroe Street to a report of armed people at the AT&T store.
Police report a person was stabbed inside Bloomingdale's on East Ontario Street.
Officers are requesting assistance at East Ontario Street and North Wabash Avenue.
One is in custody, officers are searching for two additional suspects.
An officer is in a foot pursuit with three suspects at West 69th Street and Sout Rockwell Steet.
An officer is requesting assistance at the Target on West Roosevelt Road.
Police are asking for additional units for a police officer in distress at North Wabash Street and Grant Street.
A group is surrounding officers at North State Street and West Madison Street.
According to the report, shots have been fired and people are armed.
According to a report, a car crashed into a building at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
According to a 911 caller, there is an injured man at North Rush Street and East Superior Street.
According to a report, shots have been fired at East Walton Street and Michigan Avenue.
Police have detained several suspects for looting.
According to the report, people are breaking out the windows of Chase Bank on Michigan Avenue.
Police are searching for someone with a gun.
Police are blocking traffic at Eastbound Chicago Avenue.
Police report people looting in the area.
Westbound Michican Avenue and Oak Street is being blocked to traffic.
The protesters are now on North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street.
The address reported for this incident has changed to N Fairbanks Ct & E Erie St.
EMS is on scene as a precaution.
Police will start forming a line in the streets.
The address reported for this incident has changed to Michigan Ave & E Ohio St.
The group is breaking windows.
Officers report the crowd is trying to throw a stop sign into TJ Maxx.
About 100 people are gathered.
Another officer is in distress at East Ontario Street and North Rush Street.
All available units are being requested to the scene.
Bottles are being thrown at officers.
Officers are requesting a team with gas canisters.
A large group is walking northbound on Michigan Avenue.
According to the report, a police officer is in distress.
Officers have called for immediate police backup.
Incident reported at Michigan Ave & E Ontario St.
Police are requesting assistance at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
Police are blocking the bridge at Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place.
Police report multiple people have been shot and weapons have been recovered throughout the night.
Police are pursuing the suspects southbound on South LaSalle Street.
According to the report, the armed people are in a vehicle.
Police are en route to South Wells Street and West Monroe Street to a report of armed people at the AT&T store.
Police report a person was stabbed inside Bloomingdale's on East Ontario Street.
Officers are requesting assistance at East Ontario Street and North Wabash Avenue.
One is in custody, officers are searching for two additional suspects.
An officer is in a foot pursuit with three suspects at West 69th Street and Sout Rockwell Steet.
An officer is requesting assistance at the Target on West Roosevelt Road.
Police are asking for additional units for a police officer in distress at North Wabash Street and Grant Street.
A group is surrounding officers at North State Street and West Madison Street.
According to the report, shots have been fired and people are armed.
According to a report, a car crashed into a building at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
According to a 911 caller, there is an injured man at North Rush Street and East Superior Street.
According to a report, shots have been fired at East Walton Street and Michigan Avenue.
Police have detained several suspects for looting.
According to the report, people are breaking out the windows of Chase Bank on Michigan Avenue.
Police are searching for someone with a gun.
Police are blocking traffic at Eastbound Chicago Avenue.
Police report people looting in the area.
Westbound Michican Avenue and Oak Street is being blocked to traffic.
The protesters are now on North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street.
The address reported for this incident has changed to N Fairbanks Ct & E Erie St.
EMS is on scene as a precaution.
Police will start forming a line in the streets.
The address reported for this incident has changed to Michigan Ave & E Ohio St.
The group is breaking windows.
Officers report the crowd is trying to throw a stop sign into TJ Maxx.
About 100 people are gathered.
Another officer is in distress at East Ontario Street and North Rush Street.
All available units are being requested to the scene.
Bottles are being thrown at officers.
Officers are requesting a team with gas canisters.
A large group is walking northbound on Michigan Avenue.
According to the report, a police officer is in distress.
Officers have called for immediate police backup.
Incident reported at Michigan Ave & E Ontario St.
Police are requesting assistance at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
Police are blocking the bridge at Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place.
Police report multiple people have been shot and weapons have been recovered throughout the night.
Police are pursuing the suspects southbound on South LaSalle Street.
According to the report, the armed people are in a vehicle.
Police are en route to South Wells Street and West Monroe Street to a report of armed people at the AT&T store.
Police report a person was stabbed inside Bloomingdale's on East Ontario Street.
Officers are requesting assistance at East Ontario Street and North Wabash Avenue.
One is in custody, officers are searching for two additional suspects.
An officer is in a foot pursuit with three suspects at West 69th Street and Sout Rockwell Steet.
An officer is requesting assistance at the Target on West Roosevelt Road.
Police are asking for additional units for a police officer in distress at North Wabash Street and Grant Street.
A group is surrounding officers at North State Street and West Madison Street.
According to the report, shots have been fired and people are armed.
According to a report, a car crashed into a building at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
According to a 911 caller, there is an injured man at North Rush Street and East Superior Street.
According to a report, shots have been fired at East Walton Street and Michigan Avenue.
Police have detained several suspects for looting.
According to the report, people are breaking out the windows of Chase Bank on Michigan Avenue.
Police are searching for someone with a gun.
Police are blocking traffic at Eastbound Chicago Avenue.
Police report people looting in the area.
Westbound Michican Avenue and Oak Street is being blocked to traffic.
The protesters are now on North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street.
The address reported for this incident has changed to N Fairbanks Ct & E Erie St.
EMS is on scene as a precaution.
Police will start forming a line in the streets.
The address reported for this incident has changed to Michigan Ave & E Ohio St.
The group is breaking windows.
Officers report the crowd is trying to throw a stop sign into TJ Maxx.
About 100 people are gathered.
Another officer is in distress at East Ontario Street and North Rush Street.
All available units are being requested to the scene.
Bottles are being thrown at officers.
Officers are requesting a team with gas canisters.
A large group is walking northbound on Michigan Avenue.
According to the report, a police officer is in distress.
Officers have called for immediate police backup.
Incident reported at Michigan Ave & E Ontario St.
Police are requesting assistance at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
Police are blocking the bridge at Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place.
Police report multiple people have been shot and weapons have been recovered throughout the night.
Police are pursuing the suspects southbound on South LaSalle Street.
According to the report, the armed people are in a vehicle.
Police are en route to South Wells Street and West Monroe Street to a report of armed people at the AT&T store.
Police report a person was stabbed inside Bloomingdale's on East Ontario Street.
Officers are requesting assistance at East Ontario Street and North Wabash Avenue.
One is in custody, officers are searching for two additional suspects.
An officer is in a foot pursuit with three suspects at West 69th Street and Sout Rockwell Steet.
An officer is requesting assistance at the Target on West Roosevelt Road.
Police are asking for additional units for a police officer in distress at North Wabash Street and Grant Street.
A group is surrounding officers at North State Street and West Madison Street.
According to the report, shots have been fired and people are armed.
According to a report, a car crashed into a building at North Rush Street and East Walton Street.
According to a 911 caller, there is an injured man at North Rush Street and East Superior Street.
According to a report, shots have been fired at East Walton Street and Michigan Avenue.
Police have detained several suspects for looting.
According to the report, people are breaking out the windows of Chase Bank on Michigan Avenue.
Police are searching for someone with a gun.
Police are blocking traffic at Eastbound Chicago Avenue.
Police report people looting in the area.
Westbound Michican Avenue and Oak Street is being blocked to traffic.
The protesters are now on North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street.
The address reported for this incident has changed to N Fairbanks Ct & E Erie St.
EMS is on scene as a precaution.
Police will start forming a line in the streets.
The address reported for this incident has changed to Michigan Ave & E Ohio St.
The group is breaking windows.
Officers report the crowd is trying to throw a stop sign into TJ Maxx.
About 100 people are gathered.
Another officer is in distress at East Ontario Street and North Rush Street.
All available units are being requested to the scene.
Bottles are being thrown at officers.
Officers are requesting a team with gas canisters.
A large group is walking northbound on Michigan Avenue.
According to the report, a police officer is in distress.
Officers have called for immediate police backup.
Incident reported at Michigan Ave & E Ontario St.
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Dude it’s enough. They aren’t doing any of this for justice, nor equality. The suspect fired at officers. Get the facts before you decide to destroy your city and even then destroying the city isn’t called for
@siren90 💕
Nothing says “take us seriously and we want to be an equal part of society” like robbing an Apple Store. C’mon people wake up and hold ourselves to higher standards. These criminals are bring us all down. All the people saying the stuff is insured and all, look at it like this; if I took your car would you be as calm and cool about it? No. In a perfect world resources would be distributed equally, but be real, if you had e money, not everyone is getting some. Stop lying to yourselves, work hard (legally), honestly. That’s what the city is built on.
@spider5656 amen, how do people think these stores “became insured”? Someone worked hard to build something, at the end of the day someone has to pay for that and yeah insurance companies could pay for it but they don’t have unlimited resources. Those companies go out of business, further making the unemployment worse and possibly with unresolved claims or their debt added to the deficit in someway as the US will bail those companies out. One way or another we all pay for all these deeds.
Gun control will never happen in the United States. Too many people want to protect their families from the armed thugs running the streets
You mean the police? Yeah, totally.
Pull this shit at my house, and meet Jesus ASAP. scumbag domestic terrorists! All you should be shipped to Iran!
@HondaCTX700 lol you act like everyone else doesn’t have guns
Dude it’s enough. They aren’t doing any of this for justice, nor equality. The suspect fired at officers. Get the facts before you decide to destroy your city and even then destroying the city isn’t called for
@siren90 💕
Nothing says “take us seriously and we want to be an equal part of society” like robbing an Apple Store. C’mon people wake up and hold ourselves to higher standards. These criminals are bring us all down. All the people saying the stuff is insured and all, look at it like this; if I took your car would you be as calm and cool about it? No. In a perfect world resources would be distributed equally, but be real, if you had e money, not everyone is getting some. Stop lying to yourselves, work hard (legally), honestly. That’s what the city is built on.
@spider5656 amen, how do people think these stores “became insured”? Someone worked hard to build something, at the end of the day someone has to pay for that and yeah insurance companies could pay for it but they don’t have unlimited resources. Those companies go out of business, further making the unemployment worse and possibly with unresolved claims or their debt added to the deficit in someway as the US will bail those companies out. One way or another we all pay for all these deeds.
Gun control will never happen in the United States. Too many people want to protect their families from the armed thugs running the streets
You mean the police? Yeah, totally.
Pull this shit at my house, and meet Jesus ASAP. scumbag domestic terrorists! All you should be shipped to Iran!
@HondaCTX700 lol you act like everyone else doesn’t have guns
Dude it’s enough. They aren’t doing any of this for justice, nor equality. The suspect fired at officers. Get the facts before you decide to destroy your city and even then destroying the city isn’t called for
@siren90 💕
Nothing says “take us seriously and we want to be an equal part of society” like robbing an Apple Store. C’mon people wake up and hold ourselves to higher standards. These criminals are bring us all down. All the people saying the stuff is insured and all, look at it like this; if I took your car would you be as calm and cool about it? No. In a perfect world resources would be distributed equally, but be real, if you had e money, not everyone is getting some. Stop lying to yourselves, work hard (legally), honestly. That’s what the city is built on.
@spider5656 amen, how do people think these stores “became insured”? Someone worked hard to build something, at the end of the day someone has to pay for that and yeah insurance companies could pay for it but they don’t have unlimited resources. Those companies go out of business, further making the unemployment worse and possibly with unresolved claims or their debt added to the deficit in someway as the US will bail those companies out. One way or another we all pay for all these deeds.
Gun control will never happen in the United States. Too many people want to protect their families from the armed thugs running the streets
You mean the police? Yeah, totally.
Pull this shit at my house, and meet Jesus ASAP. scumbag domestic terrorists! All you should be shipped to Iran!
@HondaCTX700 lol you act like everyone else doesn’t have guns
Dude it’s enough. They aren’t doing any of this for justice, nor equality. The suspect fired at officers. Get the facts before you decide to destroy your city and even then destroying the city isn’t called for
@siren90 💕
Nothing says “take us seriously and we want to be an equal part of society” like robbing an Apple Store. C’mon people wake up and hold ourselves to higher standards. These criminals are bring us all down. All the people saying the stuff is insured and all, look at it like this; if I took your car would you be as calm and cool about it? No. In a perfect world resources would be distributed equally, but be real, if you had e money, not everyone is getting some. Stop lying to yourselves, work hard (legally), honestly. That’s what the city is built on.
@spider5656 amen, how do people think these stores “became insured”? Someone worked hard to build something, at the end of the day someone has to pay for that and yeah insurance companies could pay for it but they don’t have unlimited resources. Those companies go out of business, further making the unemployment worse and possibly with unresolved claims or their debt added to the deficit in someway as the US will bail those companies out. One way or another we all pay for all these deeds.
Gun control will never happen in the United States. Too many people want to protect their families from the armed thugs running the streets
You mean the police? Yeah, totally.
Pull this shit at my house, and meet Jesus ASAP. scumbag domestic terrorists! All you should be shipped to Iran!
@HondaCTX700 lol you act like everyone else doesn’t have guns
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Dude it’s enough. They aren’t doing any of this for justice, nor equality. The suspect fired at officers. Get the facts before you decide to destroy your city and even then destroying the city isn’t called for
@siren90 💕
Nothing says “take us seriously and we want to be an equal part of society” like robbing an Apple Store. C’mon people wake up and hold ourselves to higher standards. These criminals are bring us all down. All the people saying the stuff is insured and all, look at it like this; if I took your car would you be as calm and cool about it? No. In a perfect world resources would be distributed equally, but be real, if you had e money, not everyone is getting some. Stop lying to yourselves, work hard (legally), honestly. That’s what the city is built on.
@spider5656 amen, how do people think these stores “became insured”? Someone worked hard to build something, at the end of the day someone has to pay for that and yeah insurance companies could pay for it but they don’t have unlimited resources. Those companies go out of business, further making the unemployment worse and possibly with unresolved claims or their debt added to the deficit in someway as the US will bail those companies out. One way or another we all pay for all these deeds.
Gun control will never happen in the United States. Too many people want to protect their families from the armed thugs running the streets
You mean the police? Yeah, totally.
Pull this shit at my house, and meet Jesus ASAP. scumbag domestic terrorists! All you should be shipped to Iran!
@HondaCTX700 lol you act like everyone else doesn’t have guns