Now, according to a new report, the two shooters have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the incident.
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Family spokesman Pastor Edward Jones told NBC Chicago that Aldridge was just looking for a better life. Fortunately, the baby in the stroller did not sustain any injuries during the shooting.
Frustrated by the continued violence, Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson said it’s time to get serious about sentencing repeat offenders. Aldridge, who had four children, was accidentally struck by a bullet while walking with a stroller in Chicago Friday afternoon.
Cmdr. Brendan Deenihan said Sunday that the Sorrells brothers had meant to shoot at a driver who had just dropped off passengers in the neighborhood. No weapons were recovered, police said.
“I would like everybody to know about both tweets, because I think it’s incredibly important for all of us to come together in a very nonpartisan fashion and express our condolences to families like the Wade family and also our outrage that things like this can happen”.
Darwin Sorells, 26, and Derren Sorells, 22, were charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder in the death of Nykea Aldridge, the Chicago Police Department announced on Twitter. Guglielmi said on Twitter that Derren Sorells is a “documented member of the Gangster Disciples” and is on parole, while Darwin Sorells is a co-conspirator and also on parole for a gun charge.
Others point to a loss of trust between police and the community, a long-standing problem that grew worse after Chicago police released a squad-car video in November that showed a white police officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
The rapper went to a South Side police district to report the robbery.
Six scientists on Sunday completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation. That’s when he began filming. Investigators said Aldridge was an innocent bystander and not the intended target.
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.
“My cousin was killed today in Chicago”, Bulls star Dwyane Wade tweeted Friday night.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump weighed in Saturday, claiming the killing of Wade’s cousin is a reason why African-American voters will back his candidacy.
Two brothers were charged with first-degree murder in connection with the homicide of Nykea Aldridge, Dwyane Wade’s cousin.
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Derren Sorrells, of the 6000 block of South Indiana Avenue, served four years in state prison for 2012 convictions of possession of a stolen vehicle and violating the terms of his electronic monitoring.
