One person was killed and eight others wounded in a pair of shootings late Friday night in downtown Chicago's the Loop district, just hours after Chicago lit the city's official Christmas tree just blocks away in Millennium Park.

Seven teens were injured in the first shooting, which police said happened near the intersection of State and Randolph streets near the Chicago Theatre at around 9:50 p.m. local time. Two people were shot, one fatally, during the second shooting near Adams and Dearborn streets about 30 minutes later.

During the first shooting, officers were on patrol and heard gunshots being fired into a large group in the 100 block of North State Street, Chicago police said.

Officers found the seven victims, who were taken to both Stroger Hospital and Lurie Children's Hospital

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