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.
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’s Hospital in good condition.
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 “kids” was seen running down the hotel stairwell after the shooting, the officer said…