CHICAGO (CBS) — It was another violent weekend in Chicago, with nearly three dozen people shot Sunday afternoon, including an 18-year-old girl shot to death in Englewood Sunday morning. Many of the victims were teenagers, and now Councilman Brian Hopkins is coming up with a plan to protect them: an 8 p.m. curfew for inner-city youth.
Regular classes for Chicago Public Schools students ended just days ago, and during this time several teens have been shot, including the teen who died.
Police say the shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 72nd Street. Neighbors say they heard at least eight gunshots.
On Friday evening, two teenagers and a 12-year-old boy were injured in a shooting in Douglas. It happened near 31st Street Beach. Police say someone in a silver sedan opened fire, hitting the 12-year-old, who was walking with a group of people. There was a 15-year-old girl in a car.
A 16-year-old boy was shot less than an hour later, about a half-mile away. He was in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the 3400 block of South King Drive.
This all comes as Hopkins says he plans to implement the new curfew for teens in the Central Business District. He proposes that the curfew for young people under the age of 18 starts at 8 p.m.
This comes after residential complaints about the increase in violent incidents in the Loop, the Magnificent Mile and Streeterville over the past month.
In May, a video surfaced of a knife fight on the Mag Mile. A group was seen waving large knives at each other outside the Chicago Marriott Downtown hotel.
Days later, a woman was robbed of her belongings at gunpoint near Federal Plaza.
Police initially said they planned to enforce a 10 p.m. curfew because businesses also have policies requiring teens to be supervised by adults to avoid trouble.
Under the new curfew proposal, teens attending city events such as Lollapalooza or NASCAR, and those with jobs in the area, would be exempt.
Hopkins said he plans to introduce the 8 p.m. curfew in the City Council on Wednesday.
