Gun assault rates for Chicago kids doubled, suspects taken into custody in fatal shooting of off-duty officer and more in your Chicago news roundup

A small memorial last October outside the home where Akeem Briscoe, 7, was shot to death in the 2600 block of West Potomac Avenue in Humboldt Park. Rates of child shootings have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among Black children, according a new study. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

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