Overview
- At least eight teenagers were shot in two separate incidents in the Chicago Loop, and a 14-year-old boy died after the downtown holiday tree lighting event.
- Alderman Brian Hopkins said roughly 300 juveniles rioted and attacked police with mace and stun guns, and at least one officer was hospitalized.
- Chicago Public Schools had warned students to avoid the area following social media chatter about a 'teen takeover,' and the city had deployed 700 officers for the festivities.
- President Donald Trump urged deploying the National Guard and claimed on Truth Social that residents want him sent in, while Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson continue to oppose federal intervention.
- The Supreme Court is weighing the legality of using federalized Illinois Guard troops after a lower court restricted their deployment, hundreds of Texas Guard have returned home, and a DHS official says federalized Guard members are not authorized to conduct operations with the department.