Governor Pritzker Meets With President Biden To Discuss Infrastructure, Gun Violence
While in D.C., Governor Pritzker is also scheduled to meet with the White House COVID Response Coordinator.
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While in D.C., Governor Pritzker is also scheduled to meet with the White House COVID Response Coordinator.
Following a July 4th holiday weekend in which 100 people were shot and 18 of them were killed, police Supt. David Brown and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx have gotten into a very public fight.
At least 100 people were shot in Chicago this past July 4th weekend, while we were supposed to be celebrating America's independence.
Hours before shootings wounded a 7-year-old girl on East 79th Street, a man sitting on a Green Line train who was not the intended target in Washington Park, and lastly a 1-month-old baby girl in Englewood, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown issued a letter offering a little help to officers on what could be a violent July 4th Holiday weekend.
At least 77 people had been shot this weekend in Chicago as of Sunday night, and five of them had been killed.
Chicago's violence made national news again Wednesday, but this time there is a federal plan of action.
At least 52 people had were shot in weekend gun violence in Chicago.
Part of Chicago's plan to stop a spike in gun violence includes massive overtime by police. But will longer workdays really lower crime?
Early Tuesday morning, eight people were shot in one house in the Englewood community, and four of them died. It was the third mass shooting in two weeks in Chicago, and then there was a fourth on the West Side Monday night.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday called for a united political front against what she called a "horrible plague" of violence.
At least 37 people were shot in Chicago this Memorial Day weekend, three of them fatally.
At least 45 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, and six of them had been killed. Seven of the victims were children, including a 2-year-old girl.
A gun was left in a rideshare car by a passenger Wednesday night.
At least 45 people were shot in Chicago this weekend, and five of them were killed. The victims included five people wounded in a shooting near the Chicago Bulls College Prep High School on the Near West Side.
Just days ago, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law declaring violence a public mental health crisis in the state. On Sunday, a Chicago pastor who lost a son to gun violence called on President Joe Biden to follow that lead nationally.
At least 24 people had been shot this weekend in Chicago as of Sunday afternoon, and three of them had been killed.
At least 34 people had been shot this weekend in Chicago as of Monday morning, and eight had been killed.
"It just keeps coming at us. We are numb to the numbers unless we are personally touched."
At least 21 people were shot in Chicago this weekend, and four of them had been killed.
At least 36 people had been shot in weekend gun violence in Chicago as of Sunday evening, and four of them had been killed.
At least 22 people were shot this weekend in Chicago, and two of them were killed.
At least 15 people were shot in Chicago this weekend, and two of them were killed.
At least 23 people had been shot this weekend in Chicago as of Sunday evening, and two of them had been killed.
At least 28 people had been shot in Chicago this weekend as of Sunday night, and six of them had been killed.
Chicago-based United Airlines announced Thursday that ahead of the presidential inauguration next week, guns will not be allowed in checked luggage on flights going to the Washington, D.C. area.
