They have both been charged with first-degree murder.
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Nykea Aldridge, 32, was pushing her newborn baby Da’Kota in a stroller outside the Dulles School for Excellence near 63rd St. and Calumet Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Friday when she was shot in the head and arm and killed. She wasn’t the intended target, Cmdr.
Aldridge’s accused killers, Derren Sorrells, 22, and his 26-year-old brother, Darwin Sorrells Jr., were targeting a man who had driven a group of women to Parkway Gardens from a nearby suburb, authorities said. They also said they have eyewitnesses, including Aldridge’s boyfriend and the driver, who can identify the suspects. That’s also more than 80 percent higher than at the same point in 2014, when the city ended the year with just over 400 homicides – the least in a half-century.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson spoke passionately about Aldridge’s murder at a press conference today.
Darwin Sorells was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2013 for a felony gun charge and was released from prison earlier this year.
“I forgive them”, Diann Aldridge said tearfully in a CNN interview which aired Monday morning.
“Bullets that fly around that have no name chose to find its way to her head”, said Wade’s mother, Jolinda, a pastor. A family spokesman says a cousin of Wade’s was fatally shot Friday, Aug. 25, while pushing a baby in a stroller on the city’s South Side.
Her death refocused attention on Chicago’s epidemic of deadly gun violence and even became an issue in the presidential campaign when GOP nominee Donald Trump referenced it on Twitter. 4 kids lost their mom for NO reason.
He later added, “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge”. “He has no problem teasing us with promises of jobs and wealth on one hand while exploiting the community in the other, thinking it will deliver him our vote”. Not for me and my family but for the future of our world.
Wade has been an outspoken critic of rampant gun violence and took the stage at this year’s ESPY Awards with fellow National Basketball Association superstars LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul to speak about the issue. His nephew, Darin Johnson, was shot twice in the leg in 2012 but recovered.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence sidestepped questions Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union” about the flow of guns into IL from his state.
Chicago police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel frequently point to gang violence and the easy availability of guns. He tweeted about his cousin’s death Friday night.
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“It’s just heartbreaking. It’s really – oh, God, it’s heartbreaking”, she told Crane. Deputy Chief James Jones said the altercation between the men had nothing to do with her.
