2 teens shot in the Loop during large disturbance

ONCE A MASSIVE GROUP CAUSES TROUBLE THIS WEEKEND IN THE CITY. WGN'S COURTNEY JOINS US FROM THE LOOP WITH THE LATEST, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY ACTIVIST'S CALL TO ACTION. YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, JACKIE. OF THE 15 PEOPLE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT, 6 WERE MINORS WHILE HUNDREDS swarmed the STREETS HERE IN THE LOOP. WE WERE TOLD THAT MOST OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE RELATED TO RECKLESS CONDUCT. BUT WE'RE ALSO INFORMED THAT A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A GUN AND THAT A FIREARM WAS ALSO RECOVERED. CHAOS DEVELOPS. JUST A FEW STEPS FROM MILLENNIUM PARK ON SATURDAY NIGHT, CRIME AND CHICAGO ARE SIMPLY OUT OF CONTROL.

IT'S CRAZY. FRUSTRATIONS INCREASE AMONG COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS DEMANDING MORE SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE FROM CITY LEADERS. WE NEED TO GIVE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TACKLE THIS CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES. HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS OUT ON SATURDAY TRYING TO CONTROL GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE JUMPING INTO PARKED CARS, KICKING PASSING CARS, BREAKING WINDOWS AND EVEN BOARDING CTA BUSES. WE HAD PEOPLE ASSAULT. WE HAD PEOPLE JUMPING INTO CARS. THIS IS CRAZY AND CAR DRIVERS ACT RECESSELY RIGHT NEAR A VIDEO SHOWING A GROUP KICKING, PUNCHING AND STAMPING A PERSON ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE ESCAPE.

THERE HAS TO BE MORE RESPECT FOR OUR POLICE. OFFICIALS SHOULD BE MORE LAW AND ORDER. THE PUNKS OFF THE STREET. DO NOT CARE. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. THEY WANT ENOUGH CHAOS TO DISRUPT CTA TRAFFIC AND SERVICE ON SATURDAY. MARGARET, THE GRAVE WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE BALLET WHEN SHE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING SAYING SHE DECIDED TO RUN BACK TO HER HOTEL. THERE WAS CROWD IN THE STREETS. THERE WERE PEOPLE SCREAMING THERE WERE POLICE CARS. SHE WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS AFTER SAYING SHE SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO APPEARED TO BE FIGHTING.

THAT WAS AWFUL. AND I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE AT ONE POINT OF THE NIGHT THEY FIRE WEAPONS, THEY FIRE, INJURING A 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD CHILD WHO SAYS HE HAS BEEN IN CHICAGO SEVERAL TIMES BUT DOUBTS ABOUT WHEN HE WILL COME BACK NEXT. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING BACK TO CHICAGO IN WARMER WEATHER AGAIN. AND WHEN IT'S NICE AND COLD, PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO ACT LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S SCARY. THE LOCALS OF STEWART AND HEIDI FLOYD SAY THEY WERE IN THE AREA BUT THEY ONLY SAW GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO KNOW DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS ON VERY SMALL CHILDREN.

THEN YOU ON THE WOODS. WHAT IS GOING TO HAVE LEON FOR THEM TO FEEL THEY HAVE TO DO THIS. YET, THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSED TO A MASSIVE GROUP OF TEENS CAUSING TROUBLE SINCE THE START OF THE WEEKEND. HUNDREDS TOOK OVER THE 31ST STREET BEACH ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ALSO SHOT THERE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO HANDLE THIS CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE. THE MAYOR, THE GOVERNOR. AND THE ELDERLY RESPONSIBLE MAN. LAUREN MAGIERA: CHICAGO POLICE SAY AN adult and a juvenile were also arrested last night for possession of a stolen vehicle.

LAST YEAR A CURFEW FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WAS IMPLEMENTED HERE AT MILLENNIUM PARK. TODAY WE LISTEN TO THOSE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WHO SAY THEY WANT THAT CURFEW TO BE HARDLY APPLIED IN THE GOING FORWARD AND EVERYTHING THAT IS HO