Chicago mayor warns of teen takeovers on city’s South Side

The Brief

  • Some social media posts circulated about a teen takeover in Hyde Park on Tuesday night.
  • Mayor Brandon Johnson also warned about a ‘teen trend’ in Hyde Park and called the reports ‘credible.’
  • In response to reported teen takeovers, some in Hyde Park organized a ‘parent takeover’ event Tuesday.

CHICAGO Some in Hyde Park are concerned about teen takeovers happening Tuesday night.

What we know:

Fox Chicago obtained a social media post that talked about a teen takeover event that would happen starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday but it did not give an end time. It also had the words “BYOB” with a champagne bottle emoji and “BYOW” with a leaf emoji.

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