Aldridge was hit when the suspects opened fire at the intended target, a driver of a vehicle who told authorities he worked for Uber and was dropping off passengers. Deenihan said that there is video of the incident but that no weapon has been recovered. Police are not sure of the weapon’s location.
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Johnson also said that Chicago residents should be frustrated and hopes that the arrests bring some sort of closure for the Aldridge and Wade families.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the brothers accused of killing the cousin of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade have criminal records.
The release from the Chicago police stated that for his part in the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge, Derren Sorells has been charged with one count of first-degree murder as well as one count of attempted murder, both of which are felonies. He was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2013 and was released early.
The man was not an Uber driver, as had been previously reported, Deenihan said. The 39-year-old complied and the man fled on foot. Police are now working to hash out specifics and verify stories, he said.
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He said when he asked to see her supervisor, the sergeant told him to leave.
“We ought to be extending our sympathy to the family – that’s the only reaction that is appropriate right now, and maybe a sadness about this gun violence issue, which we know is complicated”, Kaine said.
Pence sidestepped questions about the flow of guns into IL from his state.
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.
Chicago authorities have said more than half of the guns used in crimes come from out of state, including about 20 percent from Indiana.
The questions came after the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade.
Those two men have been arrested and charged in the shooting of Aldridge, according to USA Today.
Police charged two brothers who have deep ties to a gang with the shooting death of the cousin of Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade, officials said Sunday.
Nykea Aldridge, 32, was walking Friday afternoon in Chicago’s Parkway Gardens neighborhood to register her older children for school.
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In a briefing on Sunday, police did not say why the driver was targeted except to note that the man was from outside the area and appeared to have an exchange of words with the suspects. “You can go with the party that’s been responsible for the liberal policies that apparently have been content with unsafe streets in Barack Obama’s home town of Chicago, where 2,700 people have been shot this calendar year alone”, Pence said.
