The Chicago Police Department is asking the public to submit any details about the recent shootings that have killed at least three children in the city.
“We ALL need to be outraged at the violence we are seeing in our city,” Superintendent David Brown said in a statement, The Associated Press reported Sunday.
“This baby, and all of our residents, deserve better,” he added, referring to one incident. “This is not just a problem that Englewood needs to solve. This is not just a problem on the south side or the west side. We cannot compartmentalize the violence that separates families and communities. “
The shootings in Chicago over the weekend killed three children, including a 10-year-old girl who was shot in the head, according to the AP.
Earlier Saturday, a 1-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured when a gunman opened fire on his vehicle, and a 17-year-old boy died in a hospital after he entered into an altercation and someone shot, the service of news noticed.
There have been at least 10 shootings since Friday night, according to the AP.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) also urged the public to help with public safety efforts.
“It is up to all of us to duplicate our public safety efforts with police officers, street extension teams, trauma support workers, community and religious partners. We must ask ourselves, “What are we doing to make this a season of rewards, not tragedy?” He wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
We all have a role in this fight for the safety of our communities. I ask anyone with information about these incidents to come forward or submit a suggestion anonymously at https://t.co/Tt6O9g49ZD.
– Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) June 27, 2020
Lightfoot also acknowledged the recent infant deaths.
“The pain of losing a child never goes away. Today, we lost more youth to the epidemic of gun violence: a 17-year-old in Humboldt Park and a 1-year-old boy in Englewood. As a mother, I am tired of funerals. I’m tired of burying our children, ”Lightfoot tweeted.
Father Mike Pfleger says that with each death of a child, we are burying our future. You are right and we must do better. It is in all of us. It is up to all of us to find the courage to be part of the solution.
– Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) June 27, 2020
President Trump
Donald John Trump Four men accused of trying to tear down Andrew Jackson statue in DC Video shows retired workers signs of social estrangement ahead of Trump Tulsa rally: WaPo Biden criticizes Trump for failing to sanction Russia for the intelligence of the “rewards” of Afghan militants MORE In a letter Friday, he criticized Lightfoot and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) for their “lack of leadership” and urged “act on the devastating violence in Chicago.”
“His lack of leadership on this important issue continues to fail those he has sworn to protect,” Trump wrote, citing a June 8 Chicago Sun-Times article on recent violence and killings in the city.
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