Two men charged with murder of Dwyane Wade’s cousin, Nykea Aldridge

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday the shooting death of a cousin of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade affirmed his campaign comments about violence in minority communities and highlighted why black voters would support him in November.

Aldridge was fatally shot by a stray bullet Friday afternoon while pushing a stroller down a street in Chicago’s South Side.

“What happens in Chicago is way bigger than Donald Trump who is just trying to capitalize on it”.

It appears likely that the city will pass last year’s mark.

If the pace continues for the rest of the year, 2016 would mark the first time this century that Chicago’s murders have exceeded the combined number in the country’s two largest cities.

He also linked her shooting death to a wave of violence that has been sweeping the Chicago’s South Side. The shooting left one dead, the Chicago Tribune said. Another tore into her arm. Sunday night, family members of Aldridge came together to remember her at a vigil. The child, about 3 weeks old, was not injured, family members said. The Associated Press reports that two men have been charged in Aldridge’s death, both of whom “were on parole for prior criminal activity”. “Unreal”, Wade said in a post on Twitter.

“It’s deep-rooted, and this is something that didn’t start today, this is something that’s not going to end tomorrow, but this is something that we can start a conversation, we can start the work today and hopefully, eventually, we can stop it”, Wade said. “It just hurts to hear kids saying they want their mom, and their mom won’t be in their lives anymore”. They were both charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder.

Trump also misspelled Wade’s first name in the tweet, which was later edited to correct the spelling.

“And I just thank God once again for allowing her to be in my life. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” he said.

“As far as what Mr. Trump said”. I can walk down my block without getting shot.

What we need are real solutions. He was paroled August 12, according to the IDOC website.

Bystanders like Aldridge have been caught in the crossfire of shootings. He posed the question on Facebook Sunday, using the hashtag #stateofemergency.

Get free real-time news alerts from the Chicago Patch. Chicago police have said a fifth of the guns used in Chicago crimes are from Indiana. “It’s noteworthy because these two offenders are the prime example of the challenge we face here in Chicago with repeat gun offenders that don’t care who they shoot”, said Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.

Many in the Chicago community believe that a struggling economy is part of the problem, especially in African-American neighborhoods.

There is video of the incident, Deenihan said, but no weapon was recovered and police don’t know where the weapon is.

Others attribute the worsening shooting and murder stats to more brazen gang violence.