COPS QUESTION 3 IN KILLING OF WADE’S COUSIN
Trump points to death in effort to court black voters
Chicago Police on Saturday were questioning three men in connection with the fatal shooting of the cousin of Bulls star Dwyane Wade, though a department spokeswoman would not say whether the men were suspects in the shooting.
Two of them men had been talking to police since Friday night, when Deputy Chief of Detectives James Jones had described them as “a couple of individuals that were in the area that have given us information regarding the shooting” and added: “We don’t know what their involvement is and we are trying to hash out specifically and verify their story.”
By Saturday, police said, they were questioning a third man in connection with the fatal shooting Friday of Nykea Aldridge.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter to point Aldridge’s death as a reason for AfricanAmericans to support him.
Aldridge, 32, was shot in the head after getting caught up crossfire. She was not the intended target, police said.
She and a man were walking with a baby in a stroller in the 6300 block of South Calumet when two men walked up and fired shots at a third man, according to Chicago Police. She died later at Stroger Hospital.
Wade’s mother told reporters that Aldridge, a mother of four, was on her way to enroll three of her children in school.
Trump, who has been making off- key entreaties to black voters in recent weeks, opened his daily volley of tweets around 8 a. m. Saturday with a reaction Aldridge’s killing.
Skipping the messages of sympathy typical of politicians commenting on tragedies — and misspelling Wade’s name ( though it was later corrected) — Trump used his 140 characters to note the incident fits into his recent critique of the lives of black, urban residents: “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying AfricanAmericans will VOTE TRUMP!”
More than three hours after the original tweet, Trump sent another, this time offering sympathy:
“My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.”
Wade himself on Saturday tweeted out a plea for the city:
“The city of Chicago is hurting. We need more help & more hands on deck. Not for me and my family but for the future of our world. The YOUTH!”