Police continue to investigate the shooting, which officials described as the largest mass shooting in Chicago this year. Authorities say at least two shooters dressed in black and wearing ski masks opened fire into a crowd around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said someone from the gathering returned fire. Detectives are collecting surveillance video as they work to identify those responsible.
The shooting drew comments from President Donald Trump, who described violence in Chicago as out of control and said he was awaiting a request for help from the mayor.
In a post, Trump wrote, “Chicago violence is unchecked and at record levels. It has never been worse! This weekend 41 people were shot, 3 DEAD. These numbers are becoming normalized. It is out of control!”
Trump went on to say he is waiting for Johnson or Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to call him, writing, “The city will die if the Federal Government, a fine tuned crime fighting machine, is not invited in, by the Mayor or Governor, to HELP. I am awaiting the call. Nobody should be forced to live under these conditions.”
Johnson dismissed the criticism.
“When you have a president who is literally defunding the operations that can actually assist us in creating safer communities, it’s difficult to take anything that he says seriously,” Johnson said.
— By Evelyn Holmes and Sarah Schulte in Mayor Johnson responds to President Trump’s comments on Chicago violence
The violence almost always happens in a very limited areas of the city. And he knows the foolish chiraq residence will keep voting for him. And PRIDE parades are still allowed. So he knows he’s safe.