A 22-year-old man has been charged after a shooting led to another exchange of gunfire with Chicago police in West Rogers Park on Saturday morning.
in Chicago is an illegal migrant from West Africa who was released into the US last year — and he targeted the victim because of his faith, law enforcement sources tell The Post.— crossed into San Diego in March 2023 and was screened by border agents, who quickly released him into the US, officials said.
The Cook County prosecutor has sparked outrage from the Windy City’s Jewish community after Abdallahi was not charged with a hate crime.“At about 9:55, the offender reemerged from an alley and fired shots at the officers and at the responding paramedics,” Chicago Deputy Police Chief Kevin Bruno told reporters.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has faced backlash for expressing his “heartfelt thoughts and prayers” with the victim, but failing to mention that the victim is Jewish. “You failed to identify that the victim was a Jewish man, in a densely populated Jewish neighborhood, going to synagogue for Shabbat morning prayers,” the group wrote on X. “What will it take for you to acknowledge the Jewish community?”
“I am very disappointed by this turn of events and strongly encourage the Cook County State’s Attorney Office to prosecute the offender to the full extent of the law,” Silverstein told the Sun-Times.
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