A 14-year-old is dead and 8 others were injured in a pair of shootings in downtown Chicago on Friday night, police said.

Chicago police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of South Dearborn Street at around 10:40 p.m. and found two victims struck by gunfire. A male victim, 14, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The second male victim, 18, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was transported to the hospital in serious condition.

Less than an hour earlier, at 9:50 p.m., officers were on patrol in the 100 block of North State Street when they observed a large group of people on the sidewalk close to the Chicago Theater, police said.

"Officer's heard gunshots being fired, and the large group be

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