A South Side business owner and philanthropist are trying to stay one step ahead of teen takeovers in Chicago, asking parents to show up in force Tuesday night in Hyde Park for a planned teen trend.

Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop yesterday afternoon as Hyde Park Academy was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire.

Some social media posts circulated about a teen takeover in Hyde Park on Tuesday night. Mayor Brandon Johnson also warned about a 'teen trend' in Hyde Park and called the reports 'credible.' In response to reported teen takeovers,

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This comes after a teen trend descended on Hyde Park last month, resulting in damage to property and the arrest of a 16-year-old girl.

Two teens were shot, one fatally, Wednesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said. Witnesses describe seeing students scattering as gunfire rang out after Hyde Park Academy let out

A 16-year-old is dead and another hospitalized after they were shot while at a bus stop outside of a YMCA and high school in Chicago on Wednesday.

Residents in Hyde Park are demanding answers and accountability after a teen takeover left multiple cars damaged and neighbors shaken.

Residents and businesses in Hyde Park braced for another planned "teen takeover," that, so far, has not happened on Tuesday night.