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U.S. congressman’s grandson latest Chicago murder victim
Members of the Chicago Police Department work the scene where two men were shot, one fatally, on the 6500 block of South Ashland Avenue on Aug. 12, 2016, in Chicago. At least 472 people were shot during the month of August and at least 90 homicides were recorded, according to the police department. Unfortunately, the violence continues in Chicago. Last weekend, 17 people were fatally shot. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ / CHICAGO TRIBUNE / TNS
The killing continues. This time a U.S. congressman’s 15-year-old grandson was fatally shot Friday night in Chicago.
The Associated Press reported that at least two attackers went to the home of Jovan Wilson and shot him in the head apparently over a pair of basketball shoes.
Wilson was the grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois.
Police had not arrested anyone or named a suspect in the shooting Sunday, but police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said investigators have good leads.
There have been 673 homicides so fat this year in Chicago.
Recently, Dr. LeRoy Graham, a Chicago native who lives now in Sandy Springs, told me why, despite the violence, he refuses to lose hope in his old neighborhood.
