Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference Sunday, but rather a driver who had just dropped off passengers in the neighborhood.
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This image provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Darwin Sorrells Jr. Police said the uptick came mostly from gang violence concentrated in a few parts of the city’s south and west sides.
According to the Chicago Tribune, which chronicles every homicide in the city, at least 455 people have been shot to death in Chicago in the first seven and a half months of the year.
Mr Trump has repeatedly said that African-Americans should vote for him, because he will solve inner-city problems.
Darwin Sorrell, described as a “co-conspirator,”, was paroled in February 2016 for a 2013 conviction on firearms and possession of a stolen vehicle charges.
“This tragedy isn’t just noteworthy because Ms. Aldridge has a famous family member”, Johnson said.
Wade, a native of Chicago’s south suburbs who signed with the Chicago Bulls in July, bemoaned what’s happening in some neighborhoods, saying Saturday that “The city of Chicago is hurting”.
His mother, Chicago-based Baptist preacher Jolinda Wade, participated in an ESPN roundtable (“An Undefeated Conversation: Athletes, Responsibility, and Violence”) that focused on gun violence in Chicago.
Two weeks to the day after he was paroled from prison, Derren Sorrell allegedly shot and killed Nykea Aldridge in Chicago.
He has paid particular attention to Chicago, a city plagued by a seemingly endless spate of shootings and gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Last year, the police department said it confiscated almost 7,000 illegal guns.
Basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin was shot and killed in Chicago while pushing a stroller. “Police officers rarely see crime in person, so we need the community’s help, we need their input”. Not for me and my family but for the future of our world. “The YOUTH! These young kids are screaming for help!”
“My cousin was killed today in Chicago”, Wade wrote in one. Just what I have been saying. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has been courting black voters, tweeted his condolences to Wade. While Wade himself hasn’t offered any public response, as he’s likely busy with far more important things right now, countless political journalists and everyday social media users have taken the real estate magnate to task.
It is not the first time Dwyane Wade’s family in Chicago has been affected by gun violence. His nephew, Darin Johnson, was shot twice in the leg in 2012 but recovered.
The Republican vice presidential nominee would not answer direct questions Sunday about guns from IN coming into Chicago during CNN’s “State of the Union” show.
Police say a relative took custody of the child who was in the stroller at the time of the shooting. When asked about it, Pence instead brought up failing schools in Chicago and his running mate Donald Trump’s pledge to create jobs.
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Wade spoke about being insulated from the influence of gang violence and drugs by his family.
