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There was no apparent reason behind the shooting of a 17-year-old boy, who is not expected to survive, Cook County prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

The shooting May 6 left Dakotah Earley fighting for his life.

Calling last week’s mass shooting in the city’s Near North Side “a massacre in the middle of Chicago and State,” a Cook County judge on Sunday denied bail for the 21-year-old alleged gunman and a buddy who allegedly took the murder weapon moments after it was used to kill two…

Bail was also denied Sunday for another man who allegedly hid the gun used in the attack, which was equipped with an extended magazine and modified to fire automatically.

Manya Chappel faces a charge of first-degree murder in the January drive-by shooting of 24-year-old Demarco Strawder.

CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy who fatally shot a 16-year-old during a chaotic evening in Millennium Park opened fire near The Bean after the younger boy jumped on his back and punched him in the head, Cook County prosecutors said in court Monday.

Joseph Guzman, 20, was ordered held without bail in both cases Thursday.

An attorney for Haihua Cheng, who was charged with reckless homicide, said she was attempting to escape her husband, John Gutierrez, who had a history of drug use and history of domestic violence.