She is the cousin of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade, who recently joined the Chicago Bulls. With 463 murders as of Wednesday, Chicago is on pace to record its largest number of homicides since 1997, when 761 people were killed in the city. Wade took to Twitter not long after the news broke. Jones said the woman and her family had recently relocated to the neighborhood and she was on her way to register her kids at school when she was shot. The report states that she was walking in the 6300 block of South Calumet around 3:30 p.m. when two males approached another male and opened fire, police said.
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Aldridge, 32, was caught in the crossfire and hit in the head and arm. Hospital of Cook County where she was pronounced dead.
Family members, including Wade’s mother, Pastor Jolinda Wade, to speak about Adlridge. Now a pastor, she sees the problems that contribute to the violence in the communities.
According to ABC7, police said the woman was walking with a man and the child, who was in a stroller.
The baby was not hurt, and a relative came to the scene and took custody, police said. The child is unharmed.
Police are questioning a man in connection with the shooting. Investigators believe the shooters were targeting a third man.
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