{"id":2513762,"date":"2025-11-23T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-opens-christmas-season-with-multiple-shootings-of-teenagers-one-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:21:14","slug":"chicago-opens-christmas-season-with-multiple-shootings-of-teenagers-one-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-opens-christmas-season-with-multiple-shootings-of-teenagers-one-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Opens Christmas Season with Multiple Shootings of Teenagers, One Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-opens-christmas-season-with-multiple-shootings-of-teenagers-one-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513762&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On the night of Chicago&#8217;s official Christmas tree lighting, the city experienced two shootings resulting in one fatality and eight people wounded, including several teenagers as young as 13. The first shooting involved seven teens being shot as they walked near the event, while less than an hour later, a 14-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old wounded in a separate incident. Despite 18 arrests and five guns recovered by police that evening, no arrests were made in connection to the shootings. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed concern over the prevalence of guns and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caruzo-venezuelan-socialists-hate-american-culture-so-much-they-cant-stop-ripping-it-off\/\" title=\"Caruzo \u2013 Venezuelan Socialists Hate American Culture So Much They Can\u2019t Stop Ripping It Off\">youth violence<\/a>. Witnesses described the chaos and fear during the shootings, which overshadowed the holiday celebrations. Former President Donald Trump criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-... restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn&#039;t\">local officials<\/a>, blaming Democratic leaders for rejecting federal assistance and calling for stronger intervention to address the escalating violence in Chicago.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas season officially opened in Chicago on Friday night with gunfire and death.<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed and eight others were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-one-man-accused-setting-woman-fire-chicago-train-49-previous-arrests-10-felonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wounded<\/a> in two shootings that followed the official lighting of the city&rsquo;s Christmas tree, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/9-shot-1-fatally-hours-after-christmas-tree-lighting-downtown-chicago\/3854686\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMAQ-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seven teenagers were shot in a 9:50 p.m. incident. Police said they saw a group of teens walking, heard gunshots, and then saw people running away.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were as young as 13 and included two girls and five boys. The oldest victim was 17.<\/p>\n<p>Less than an hour later, a 14-year-old male was shot to death in an incident in which an 18-year-old male was also wounded.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-suspect-chicago-border-patrol-drive-shooting-now-custody-new-details-emerging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> Mayor Brandon Johnson said police were active Friday night, making 18 arrests in which five guns were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were made in either shooting, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/shooting-loop-state-randolph-christmas-tree-lighting-millennium-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have too many guns and too many young people who do not value their lives or the lives of others,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Dixon was near one of the incidents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re coming out of the theater, and everybody just start running. We almost got knocked in the street, because everyone was running that way from down here. I&rsquo;m not exactly sure what happened,&rdquo; Dixon said. &ldquo;It is very disheartening to see this, you know? Holiday time, everybody wants to celebrate and enjoy the evening, and something like this happens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just heard a ping, and I&rsquo;m like, &lsquo;Oh, this is real,&rsquo;&rdquo; Moe Akl said. &ldquo;One guy hit the floor, and then I&rsquo;m like, okay, let&rsquo;s go.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, who launched a multi-agency effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >arrest illegal immigrant criminals<\/a> in Chicago and was vilified by local officials for doing so, deplored this latest evidence of a city out of control.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Massive crime and rioting in the Chicago Loop area,&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115595274389789024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Multiple Police Officers attacked and badly injured. 300 people rioting, 6 victims shot, one critical and one DEAD,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump noted that Illinois Democrats who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-cities-trump-has-mentioned-sending-federal-troops-to\/\" title=\"US cities ... has mentioned sending federal troops to\">opposed federal intervention<\/a> are reaping what they sowed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the meantime, Governor Pritzker and the Low IQ Mayor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-let-alleged-chicago-train-attacker-set-fire-woman-told-real-present-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> are refusing Federal Government help for a situation that could be quickly remedied. 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Following the official lighting of the city&#8217;s Christmas tree, two shootings occurred, resulting in one death and eight injuries, WMAQ-TV reported. In a 9:50 p.m. incident, seven teenagers-ranging from 13 to 17 years old, including two girls and five boys-were shot after police observed a group of teens walking before hearing gunfire and seeing people flee. Less than an hour later, a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot while an 18-year-old male was also injured in another shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2513763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-22T231142.646.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4387,67555,6744,16016,3699],"class_list":["post-2513762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chicago","tag-christmas-season","tag-shootings","tag-teenagers","tag-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-22T231142.646.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513762"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513766,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513762\/revisions\/2513766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}