16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot Near Chicago’s ‘Bean’ Tourist Attraction

16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot Near Chicago’s ‘Bean’ Tourist Attraction
Chicago police block traffic near State and Monroe streets after crowds of young people flooded the Loop after a fatal shooting in Millennial Park in Chicago on May 14, 2022. Tina Sfondeles/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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CHICAGO—A curfew banning unaccompanied minors will be implemented after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near “The Bean” sculpture in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park, which is among the city’s most popular tourist attractions, city officials said Sunday.

Police said the teen was shot in the chest at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday near the giant, mirrored structure. Police didn’t immediately release the teen’s name.