A Chicago mother mourns her son who was shot dead in the bustling shopping district of one of the city’s biggest tourist hotspots, as crime continues to spiral out of control in the Windy City.
Sandell Holliday, 16, was shot in Chicago’s Millennium Park on Saturday, May 14, in a crowd of teenagers. His mother, Shanell, begged him not to go downtown.
“She wants to live to be 21,” Shanell said, according to ABC 7. “I told him not to go. I said you’re not going downtown.
Chicago police said they arrested 17-year-old Marion Richardson, who was caught fleeing a shooting scene near a popular tourist attraction with a large metal mirror sculpture of Bean in Millennium Park, near the city’s Mag Mile shopping district.
According to investigators, Richardson was arguing with a girl from another group when the victim jumped and punched the suspect in the head.
However, police said Richardson responded by drawing his gun and shooting Holliday, who hit him hard in the chest.
Richardson paid $250,000 bail, ABC 7 added.
Unfortunately, Holliday seems to have once predicted that she wouldn’t be 21. Teacher Vondale Singleton said sun time Holliday made a list of ten things she wanted to do when she was 21.
I asked him: “Why did you write this?” said Singleton. “He said he’s seen too many kids die at an early age because there’s so much going on in Chicago. … he was not even 17 years old.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot responded to the hunt by imposing a 10 p.m. curfew on the youth.
“Anyone entering our public spaces should use them safely,” Lightfoot said Monday, according to the data. Chicago Tribune. “Young people are really welcome in the city centre, but they must be accompanied by a responsible adult in the evening.”
Crime is on the rise in Chicago. A few weeks ago, the city’s chief of police, David O. Brown, secretly admitted that crime had infiltrated parts of the city that were once considered safe.
Brown told reporters that the department sees “relocation issues,” meaning that crimes take place in generally safe areas of the city.
“We’re starting to see increases in areas we wouldn’t normally see,” Brown said. Chicago Sun Times reported earlier this month.
But Brown agreed with reporters that crime is on the rise in the Loop and other previously safer areas. “I don’t want to separate the center from other districts. The location is the same as other places in the city,” he emphasized.
Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced that she will end funding for the city’s police force. Announced that it plans to cut $80 million from the Chicago Police Department in 2020, she.
He then negotiated with the city council to reduce the police budget by $59 million. diary letter It was reported in March.
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