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Vice President Kamala Harris moved to Chicago on Tuesday, where there were more than 20 shootings in the city, seven of which died.
Harris, according to her office, with her husband Douglas Emhoff's Second Gentleman to speak at the National Education Association's 2022 Annual Meeting and Representative Meeting at the McCormick Convention Center. We will visit Windy City together.
Her trip has nothing to do with the surge in gun violence throughout the city of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, but Harris's visit was shortly after adeadly weekend in Chicago. Will be done in. On the weekend of July 4, 54 people were shot dead, seven of whom died.
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Vice President Kamala Harris held Ernest N in New Orleans on July 2, 2022. Lecture on stage at the 2022 Essence Cultural Festival at the Morial Convention Center. Orleans, Louisiana. (Paras Griffin / Getty Images for Essence)
weekend, 22 people were shot dead and 4 died within a range of 20 people It started with. Friday time. Violent encounters with police also occurred throughout the weekend, and Chicago Police Department police officer David Brown begged his parents to take responsibility for their children.
"There is no reason why no one can safely enjoy holidays and all events. Parents should let us know where your child is," he said. "Don't leave them to the government to be parents of your children. We ask you, parents, to help make sure your young people are safe.
A crowd of protesters in the Chicago Loopfireworks and dull police carsafter authorities responded to reports of cars doing donuts at the crossroads. I attacked with an object.
The deadly shooting victim was killed in an apparently random attack while sitting in a car by a 24-year-old woman who was killed in a shootout between two shooters. It varies from a 35 year old man to a 35 year old man.
Bullets while police are investigating the scene Casing is scattered in the street. Shooting at the West Congress Parkway in Chicago on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.(Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune / Tribunnews Service)
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Another 26-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting while riding a bike just before 6 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
According to ABC-7, the recently reported death was a man believed to be 25 years old. He was killed while walking down the street after the car was pulled up next to him and the gunman left.
Some non-fatal shooting victims die from injuries within a few days, including a 90-year-old man in crisis at Sinai Mountain Hospital with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. There is a possibility.
The youngest victim of a shooting in Chicago was a 10-year-old boy who was injured in his bedroom after at least one shooter fired at home. According to ABC, the boy is in the hospital and in good condition.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is the University of Chicago, Illinois State, USA, July 23, 2020.(REUTERS / Kamil Krzaczynski)
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Harris' trip to Chicago follows theparade shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, Illinois, killing at least 6 people and injuring 24. did.
Fox News Digital did not receive an immediate response from Harris's office regarding Harris's trip and his recent gun violence.
Fox News's Anders Hagstrom contributed to this article.
Kyle Morris covers Fox News politics. For Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
