{"id":691677,"date":"2026-03-30T04:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/691677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:37:16","slug":"boy-shot-inside-loop-hotel-as-downtown-sees-most-year-to-date-shootings-since-at-least-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/691677\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy shot inside Loop hotel as downtown sees most year-to-date shootings since at least 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Royal Sonesta Hotel, 71 East Wacker Drive. (Google)<\/p>\n

A 14-year-old was shot inside a downtown Chicago hotel overnight, and police say he refused to cooperate with officers who responded to the scene.<\/p>\n

CPD responded to the first block of East Wacker Drive around 3:36 a.m. Sunday for a call about a person shot. The victim sustained a gunshot graze wound to the leg but was uncooperative with officers and did not provide any details about what happened, according to a CPD media statement. He was transported by Chicago Fire Department paramedics to Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital in good condition. <\/p>\n

Officers were seen going in and out of the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 71 East Wacker Drive, following the shooting. On a local police radio channel, an officer said the boy may have been shot in a hallway on the 12th floor of the hotel. A group of \u201ckids\u201d was seen running down the hotel stairwell after the shooting, the officer said.<\/p>\n

The boy is the fifth person shot in the Loop so far this year, the highest year-to-date total for the downtown neighborhood since at least 2019. <\/p>\n

Year-to-date shooting totals for the Loop in recent years:<\/p>\n

2025: 0
2024: 4 (2 were self-defense)
2023: 3
2022: 3 (1 by CPD)
2021: 0
2020: 3
2019: 2 (1 was self-defense)<\/p>\n

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