Police say the woman was pushing a child in the stroller when two male approached and shots rang out.
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He later added, “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge”.
Less than 24 hours later, Trump was exploiting Aldridge’s death in a tweet in which he misspelled Wade’s first name. Hospital of Cook County, but pronounced dead on arrival. Another act of senseless gun violence.
A relative took custody of the woman’s child. Aldridge was 32 years old and a mother of four. “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago”. Wade tweeted about the crime to remind his followers about the ongoing problem of gun violence in Chicago, while Trump appeared to be celebrating the moment in the hopes it would give him more supporters. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. She channeled her talks through “The Undefeated” with the recent incident and said that she was in a panel discussing about violence in Chicago City not knowing that the next day she would be living and experiencing it.
Chicago has been plagued by gun violence for years, especially in a few South and West Side neighborhoods.
Police are questioning a man in connection with the shooting. This July alone, there were 65 homicides – the most that month since 2006.
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“It’s deep-rooted, and this is something that didn’t start today, this is something that’s not going to end tomorrow, but this is something that we can start a conversation, we can start the work today and hopefully, eventually, we can stop it”, Wade said. At the ESPY awards in July, Wade opened the program along with Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and LeBron James.
