Chicago police arrested 18 people as large, unruly crowds flooded the Loop after Friday evening’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, an hours-long disturbance that coincided with two shooting incidents that left eight young people wounded and a teenager dead.
Court records show three of the arrests involved adults accused of carrying firearms in the Loop that night, although none of them have been linked to the shootings.
The shootings began around 9:50 p.m. when a gunman opened fire near the Chicago Theatre marquee, injuring seven juveniles along State Street…