“Let me say again, every single day, on every watch, our brave men and women of the Chicago Police Department risk their lives for our safety,” she said.
In a statement, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the recent shootings highlight the need for stronger federal action on gun control. And while those numbers are down from the same period last year, the overall rate of major crimes in the city is up 35 percent. marshals officer and a police dog were shot and wounded while trying to make an arrest on the city’s northwest side.Īccording to statistics from the Chicago Police Department, as of Monday there had been 232 murders in the city so far this year and 952 shooting incidents. On Wednesday, June 1, a female officer was shot and wounded in that same neighborhood while attempting to make a traffic stop. marshal were shot and wounded in the city in less than a week.Īccording to the Chicago Tribune, the most recent shooting of an officer happened Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s south side where an officer was shot and wounded during a brief exchange of gunfire following a traffic stop. Sullivan’s statement came after two Chicago police officers and a deputy U.S. “If Pritzker says that COVID is still an emergency but police shootings aren’t, he needs to open his eyes.” “Somehow, 28 months in (to the pandemic), JB Pritzker is still signing monthly COVID disaster proclamations, but he is unwilling or unable to act on an even more pressing crisis – the senseless violence ravaging the streets of Chicago,” Sullivan, a venture capitalist from Petersburg, said in a statement. His comments came when reporters asked him to respond to a statement from Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan, who called on the Democratic incumbent to issue a disaster declaration in Chicago and deploy the National Guard to help quell the city’s violence. “And I'll continue to make the National Guard available whenever it is necessary.”
“Well, I think you know that I have called up the National Guard whenever local mayors that I've spoken to have wanted that done, have needed that done in their local communities,” Pritzker said at a Monday morning news conference. JB Pritzker indicated Monday he would be willing to deploy the National Guard to help deal with a violent crime spree in Chicago, but only if he’s asked to do so. The incident is being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Chicago police said, and the officers involved will be placed on administrative duties for 30 days.Gov. Unfortunately that didn’t happen tonight and our heart aches for the loss of life.” Lightfoot added: “The men and women of this department deserve our support, they deserve our consideration and they deserve our prayers every single day, that they can return home safely to their families. It’s a very sad and tragic day for our city.” “It’s a very sad day, not just for the Chicago Police Department, and it is. We can never forget that, never forget the sacrifices that they make, every single day as we speak, to protect people and neighbourhoods, even in the face of violence. Lightfoot added: “We must remind ourselves every single day: our officers are fearless in the face of danger. “The officer who succumbed to her injuries was very young on the job, but incredibly enthusiastic to do the work,” Lightfoot said, after spending time with the officer’s family.
In a news release, Chicago police said officers are continuing to search for a third suspect.Īt the news conference, Carter was flanked by Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot as spoke outside the hospital, where a large crowd of officers had gathered. Two suspects were into custody and a weapon was recovered from the scene, Carter added. “We ask the city of Chicago to pray for both officers, their families, their fellow officers,” he added. The female officer died, while the male is continuing to fight for his life, Carter said. The wounded officers were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center. “And we have another officer who is struggling and fighting for his very life.” “This evening, Chicago mourns the loss of one of its bravest and finest,” Chicago police first deputy superintendent Eric Carter said at a news conference early Sunday. That suspect was taken to Christ Hospital in a stable condition, according to the Chicago Police Department. Two officers-a male and a female-were struck, as was one of the people in the vehicle, Carter said.
0 kommentar(er)
