Two students were shot dead in Chicago, USA

Chicago police and firefighters say two students were killed in an armed confrontation Friday in downtown Chicago.

The dead students were 16 and 17 years old, the Chicago Tribune reported. Four other people from the school along with them were returning from school when a group of people in two vehicles opened fire from the vehicle.

The victims were shot in the chest and were pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said. Police are investigating the incident.

According to local media, two teenagers were shot in midtown Chicago in April 2023, and a year ago a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed near the Bean sculpture in Millennium Park. News Agency