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Todd Blanche slams Illinois politician for refusing national assistance successful Chicago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche addresses alarming Chicago violence, revealing 8 dormant and dozens changeable implicit the weekend. He criticizes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for allegedly refusing national assistance. Blanche contrasts Chicago's concern with palmy transgression simplification efforts successful Washington, D.C. and Memphis, emphasizing the captious request for section and national practice to halt the violence.
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A convulsive and deadly play successful Chicago has caught the attraction of President Donald Trump.
Fox News Digital has confirmed six radical were killed and 39 radical were changeable successful a bid of shootings successful the Windy City implicit the weekend.
A wide drive-by shooting successful Chicago's Princeton Park vicinity resulted successful 13 radical injured Friday night. Chicago constabulary accidental an SUV drove up connected a assemblage of radical and 2 suspects opened occurrence connected aggregate victims.
Chicago constabulary officers basal extracurricular a infirmary successful Chicago awaiting updates connected 2 officers changeable during a captive transport incidental astatine Swedish Hospital connected April 25, 2026. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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"Offenders from wrong the conveyance began firing gunshots towards the assemblage earlier fleeing the scene. Multiple victims sustained gunshot wounds and were transported to section hospitals," CPD said.
FOUR DEAD AND 29 SHOT IN CHICAGO WEEKEND VIOLENCE AS LEADERS TOUT CRIME PROGRESS
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said helium was "heartbroken" by the unit successful Princeton Park. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
In a station to X responding to the drive-by shooting incident, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said:
"I americium heartbroken by the unit successful Princeton Park past night. What should person been a nighttime of solemnisation and assemblage reflection for Juneteenth was shattered by a horrific enactment of violence. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their loved ones."
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In a station to Truth Social, President Trump said, "Lots of Killing going connected successful Chicago. 22 radical shot, astatine slightest 4 Dead. Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling maine for help. I could marque Chicago a harmless City successful ONE MONTH, successful ONE YEAR, it would beryllium 1 of the safest!!! D.C. went from 1 of the worst, to 1 of the safest cities successful the U.S. President DJT"
President Donald Trump questioned by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has not asked for assistance to combat Chicago's violence. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Trump made the station conscionable earlier 9 a.m. Sunday, and by Monday, erstwhile constabulary compiled the data, the numbers dramatically increased.
Last year, Trump deployed hundreds of troops from the National Guard to Washington, D.C., successful an effort to ace down connected transgression successful our nation's capital.
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Chicago constabulary accidental each shootings are nether investigation.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, center, is flanked by Cook County Chairwoman Toni Preckwinkle, left, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, right. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital has reached retired to some Pritzker and Johnson's offices.
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