A 22-year-old Chicago man was charged with 14 felonies following a Saturday shooting that left one man wounded and a subsequent shootout with police.
A 22-year-old Chicago man was charged with 14 felonies following a Saturday shooting that left one man wounded and a
Hate crime charges hadn't been filed as of Monday - despite several circumstances members of the West Ridge community believe show a hateful motive.“During the shooting, the offender approached a 39-year-old male and shot him in the shoulder without saying a word," Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said.
However, Snelling said there isn't enough evidence to charge him with a hate crime. This is in part, he said, due to the suspect still being in the hospital following the shootout. "A man wearing the Kippah as he was walking to synagogue was shot," said 50th Ward Ald. Debra Silverstein."And this has escalated our anxiety.”"At the end of the day, it’s as traumatic whether or not it gets that terminology of being a hate crime," said Rabbi Shlomo Soroka of the Agudath Israel of Illinois. “My family lives here. My community lives here. We are visibly Jewish and that puts a target on our backs.
“There’s no question that from an emotional standpoint, it’s disappointing," he said."But I think it’s equally important to understand that whether or not there is a hate crime charge, that’s a technicality. That doesn’t change the reality of our experience.”
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