A 14-year-old is dead and 8 others were injured in a pair of shootings in downtown Chicago on Friday night, police said. Chicago police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of South Dearborn Street at around 10:40 p.

One person was killed and eight others were injured in a pair of shootings following Chicago's official Christmas tree lighting.

At least six people were wounded in a pair of shootings late Friday night in the Loop, just hours after Chicago lit the city's official Christmas tree just blocks away in Millennium Park.

A teen was fatally shot and 8 others were injured in two shootings in downtown Chicago following the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony, according to reports.

A boy was killed and several others were hurt when two separate shootings erupted in Chicago on night Friday, just hours after a Christmas tree lighting.

The shootings took place on a bustling night, with huge crowds packing downtown Chicago for the Christmas tree lighting and the first night of Christkindlmarket.

Chicago police swarmed the downtown area Friday night after a reported shooting occurred just hours after the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

"It is very disheartening to see this... Holiday time, everybody wants to celebrate and enjoy the evening, and something like this happens,” a bystander said