The shootings took place on a bustling night, with huge crowds packing downtown Chicago for the Christmas tree lighting and the first night of Christkindlmarket.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two men were shot, one fatally, on the West Side Sunday night, Chicago police said. The shooting took place at about 9:06 p.m. in the 1200-block of South Independence Boulevard. Police said a 33-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were inside a vehicle when someone on the street took out a gun and fired in their direction.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with two shootings Friday night in the Loop that left a 14-year-old boy dead and several others injured.

2015: Hours after Jason Van Dyke was ordered held without bond on a first-degree murder charge, the city released shocking police dashcam video that captured the white police officer opening fire on Black teenager Laquan McDonald on Oct. 20, 2014.

A shooting near the Chicago Theater in the city's Loop neighborhood Friday evening prompted a heavy police response in the area. Around 10:20 p.m. Friday, Chicago police said they were responding to a shooting near State and Lake Streets, authorities said.

Multiple police officers were attacked while responding to a shooting in Chicago on Friday evening in which at least five victims were shot.

Dallas police are investigating a disturbance call in downtown Dallas that turned into an officer-involved shooting early Monday. Two people — including a victim and a suspect shot by officers — died following the shooting in the 2000 block of Commerce Street,