Two of the bullets struck Aldridge, one in the head and another in her arm.
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Authorities are investigating whether the encounter between the men was a robbery, possibly involving a driver from a ridesharing company, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Saturday.
It was not immediately clear which school Aldridge was going to, but the shooting happened close to Dulles School, which was partially blocked off as police analyzed the scene.
The often controversial social media presence of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been at the center of his campaign, but on Saturday he may have taken things a step too far for some on Twitter.
Trump has desperately been trying to reach out to the Black community. Trump later issued what seemed a corrective tweet offering condolence to Wade and his family.
This comes after Trump recently boosted his message to black voters by saying their lives “cannot get any worse, and believe me, I’m gonna fix it”.
Trump’s tweet appeared to be his latest effort to convince African-American voters to choose him over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, highlighted by a meeting with African-American and Hispanic Republican leaders at New York’s Trump Tower last week.
“We just ought to be extending our sympathy to the family”, Kaine said of Trump’s tweet about Aldridge, adding, “That’s the only reaction that’s appropriate right now”.
On Friday (26Aug16) professional basketball player Dwyane Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge died in Chicago, Illinois after she was shot while pushing a baby stroller down the street. “Unreal. #EnoughIsEnough“, Wade tweeted Friday.
“People of Drumpf’s ilk are contributors to the conditions that lead to the “Chicagos” of this country”, Cheadle writes.
Wade has been an outspoken critic of gun violence, while his mother Jolinda Wade – a Chicago pastor – spoke on a panel about gun violence earlier this week.
He has paid particular attention to Chicago, a city plagued by a seemingly endless spate of shootings and gun violence. “African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” I said, ‘How do you stop this?
Nykea Aldridge’s famous relative, who grew up in Chicago’s south suburbs, tweeted about her death Friday.
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Wade, a native of Chicago who signed with the Chicago Bulls in July after 13 years with the Miami Heat, posted on Twitter: “My cousin was killed today in Chicago”.
