Investigation continues into pair of downtown shootings, including one that took the life of ‘vibrant’ teen Friday night

Chicago police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that unfolded in the Loop Friday night, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other teens wounded in the latest “teen takeover” that marred the city’s start of the holiday season.

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