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A Republican county commissioner based outside Chicago injured at least four people this week after a shooting at Cook County state attorney Kim Foxx at an Oak Brook shopping mall — and sent Christmas shoppers scrambling to safety. Gave.
Speaking just hours after the shooting, Peter Disciani, the commissioner of suburban DuPage County – where the mall is located – accused Foxx of failing to crack down on violent crime in Chicago and other parts of Cook County, resulting in surrounding communities. There were more security concerns. ,
“Dupage County has always been a county that prides itself on saying that safety is a top priority,” DiCiani said in a TV interview near the mall Thursday night with Chicago’s WGN-TV, “and a lot of our violent crimes are coming from the East.” Huh. ,
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“we have a [Cook County] State attorneys who often do not prosecute crimes,” he continued, referring to Foxx. “I can tell you that these criminals are speaking on behalf of our state attorney. [in DuPage County], will be fully prosecuted.
“we have a [Cook County] The state attorney who often doesn’t prosecute the crime as he should.”
Commissioner Peter Disiani (Dupage County website photo)
“And we need to send a message that we do not tolerate this type of crime in our county.”
According to officials, shots were fired inside the mall around 5:44 pm on Thursday after two armed suspects got into a brawl. Police said four people injured in the incident were one of the suspects and three others. Everyone hoped to survive.
“We need to send a message that we do not tolerate this type of crime in our county.”
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According to a statement, the police declared the mall safe later on Thursday night.
According to police, the injured suspect and a second suspect have been taken into custody while a search is on for the third one. Oak Brook police tweeted photos of the prime suspect early Friday.
DiCianni claimed that law enforcement’s swift response prevented the shooting from becoming a major tragedy.
“As a former mayor, right next store [in Elmhurst, Illinois]“I saw our police officers helping this community… we could have been casualties,” he said. “We didn’t do that today, thankfully, but we don’t in our county and our nice village of Oak Brook. Can let it happen
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“We take pride in security – and we will maintain that pride and fully fund our officers, and support our officers. We have a chief who is a professional. We had an extraordinary response.. .All our community came together to take this on.
“Four SWAT teams were here to make it as efficient as possible. That’s why we take crime very seriously and we will not tolerate this crime and we will prosecute these individuals thoroughly.”
Foxx, 49, a Chicago native, has been a Cook County state attorney since 2016. Democrats have faced continued criticism from Republicans, including multiple charges filed against Jussie Smollett in relation to the actor’s hate-crime claim. (Smollett was indicted earlier this month on five of six charges in connection with the case.)
“If, as alleged, the policies of my office are proven to contribute to looting or anarchy, I will be the first to change them.”
Cook County (Illinois) State Attorney Kim Foxx talks to reporters in Chicago, February 22, 2019. (The Associated Press)
A 2020 Chicago Tribune analysis found that Foxx dropped “29.9% of all charges against felonies, a dramatic increase over its predecessor.” Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times reported in October that Cook County was on track to see its highest carjacking numbers in 20 years in 2021, a 43.5% increase in such crimes over 2020.
Also in October, a group of Illinois Republicans and Chicago-area police chiefs threw their support behind a bill in the state legislature that would allow them to override Foxx’s decisions to relax charges against criminal defendants. .
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Foxx took on his critics in an op-ed essay published in the Chicago Tribune in August.
She accused him of “pointing to the blame” amid “an increase in” gun violence in Chicago.
“But pointing out the blame won’t protect us,” she wrote. “I invite my colleagues in law enforcement at the city, county, state and federal levels to join me at a table dedicated to advancing public safety and equal justice.
“If, as alleged, the policies of my office are proven to contribute to looting or anarchy, I will be the first to change them.”
Fox News’s Danielle Wallace and Louis Cassiano contributed to this story.
