Chicago men charged in shooting of NBA star Wade’s cousin

The Chicago Police Department has charged two men in the fatal shooting of Nykea Aldridge, the department announced Sunday. He said that Darwin, 26, is also on parole, after being released early from a six-year sentence for a gun charge.

Nykea Aldridge was fatally shot on Friday afternoon while pushing a baby stroller Chicago’s South Side on South Calumet at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday when shots were fired around her, striking her in the head and also in the arm.

Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted that Derren Sorrells is a “documented member of the Gangster Disciples and now on parole”.

Police say the suspects have criminal records and authorities are investigating whether the encounter between the men was a robbery, possibly involving a driver from a ridesharing company.

Aldridge’s death has drawn national attention because of the connection to Wade, a 12-time National Basketball Association All-Star who signed a two-year, $47.5 million deal this summer to play for his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls.

One of Trump’s highest profile supporters defended the tweet, calling it fair comment considering that Chicago, which has always been governed by the Democratic Party, has some of the worst gun violence in the country.

Overnight, CPD charged the Sorrells brothers for the murder of Nykea Aldridge.

Oh snap! Don Cheadle took to Twitter in a series of angry tweets on Saturday, August 27, slamming Donald Trump for his tone-deaf tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s shooting death.

According to the Chicago Tribune, which chronicles every homicide in the city, at least 455 people have been shot to death in Chicago in the first 7½ months of the year. Four kids lost their mom for no reason. “It’s noteworthy because these two offenders are the prime example of a challenge we have in Chicago of repeat offenders who. clearly don’t face the consequences of their actions”. On Thursday he and his mother, pastor Jolinda Wade, participated via satellite in an ESPN-hosted town hall meeting on Chicago gun violence.

“We ought to be extending our sympathy to the family – that’s the only reaction that is appropriate right now, and maybe a sadness about this gun violence issue, which we know is complicated”, Kaine said.

Johnson also said that Chicago residents should be frustrated and hopes that the arrests bring some sort of closure for the Aldridge and Wade families.

Darwin Sorrells Jr. and Derren Sorrells, CPD handout.

The Republican vice presidential nominee would not answer direct questions Sunday about guns from IN coming into Chicago during CNN’s “State of the Union” show. She was gunned down while pushing a stroller Friday, allegedly by Derren and Darwin Sorrells.