Mass shootings: Too many shootings, too little support for gun safety
Illinois should stay the course on addressing gun violence, and the rest of the nation should follow.
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Illinois should stay the course on addressing gun violence, and the rest of the nation should follow.
The police district that surrounds Garfield Park on the West Side bore the brunt of gun violence over the long holiday weekend, and nowhere was that more evident than on a short stretch of Gladys Avenue.
The criticism came after the alderpersons signed a letter expressing “disappointment and dismay” that the panel leading the search didn’t give a follow-up interview to the Chicago Police Department’s patrol chief.
Timothy and Jaylan Lockhart were in the 100 block of South Homan Avenue around 4:45 p.m. Saturday when someone opened fire, according to Chicago police.
Two brothers, 14 and 15, have died after they were shot near Garfield Park – the youngest victims of a long violent weekend in Chicago.