Chicago has been plagued by gun violence for years, especially in a few South and West Side neighborhoods.
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Both men are gang members who were on parole at the time of the shooting, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a Chicago Police spokesman.
Meanwhile Derren had been released early after a vehicle theft charge and was wearing an electronic tag when Aldridge was shot.
Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted that Derren Sorrells is a “documented member of the Gangster Disciples and now on parole”. “It’s noteworthy because these two offenders are the prime example of a challenge we have in Chicago of repeat offenders who. clearly don’t face the consequences of their actions”.
“Chicago has recovered a gun for every hour of 2016”, Johnson said, adding that almost 6,000 illegal guns have been recovered by authorities so far this year.
He wrote: ‘My cousin was killed today in Chicago. On Thursday he and his mother, pastor Jolinda Wade, participated via satellite in an ESPN-hosted town hall meeting on Chicago gun violence.
Shootings are tragically common in Chicago which sometimes sees 90 homicides a week, but this particular murder has transfixed the city and received national attention thanks to the victim’s famous cousin and a controversial tweet Donald Trump sent out after her death.
This image provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Derren Sorrells.
Trump also misspelled Wade’s first name in the tweet, which was later edited to correct the spelling. Not for me and my family but for the future of the world.
He followed that by writing, “These young kids are screaming for help!”
One of the suspects had been released from prison two weeks before the murder and had six felonies on his record.
She was shot and killed in crossfire while pushing a stroller down a South Side Chicago street when several men allegedly started shooting at each other. Just what I have been saying. They added that the altercation did not involve Aldridge. “They are in my thoughts and prayers”, he posted.
Social media users slammed Trump for exploiting the tragedy, with at least one tweet describing the GOP nominee as a sounding like a “straight sociopath”.
Aldridge was later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.
One of the bullets hit Aldridge in the head.
“We’re still going to try and help these people to transform their minds and give them a different direction, so this thing won’t keep happening”, she said.
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.
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In 2012, Wade’s nephew, Darin Johnson, was shot twice in the leg but recovered.
