Overview
- Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $10,000 and the Youth Peace and Justice Foundation added $5,000 for tips leading to arrests in the killing of 14-year-old Armani Floyd.
- Investigators are reviewing evidence from two separate Friday-night attacks near State and Dearborn that left Floyd dead and eight other teens wounded, with no suspects in custody as of Monday.
- City officials said CPD deployed about 700 additional officers for the tree lighting, made 18 arrests, and recovered five guns during the response, as officers encountered teens using pepper spray and stun guns.
- Court records show three adults were charged with unlawful gun possession during the large crowd disturbance downtown, though police have not linked them to either shooting.
- Ald. Brian Hopkins renewed his push for a snap curfew previously vetoed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, while Ald. William Hall proposed penalties for social platforms that fail to remove flagged event invites.