A man has been shot while handing out pamphlets for political candidate Joseph Williams, who is running for alderman in the 15th Ward in Chicago.
No arrest has been made so far in connection with the Dec. 10 shooting. Little is ruling-out the possibility of the shooting being a random attack.
Little, who refers to himself on Facebook as Maxwell Omowale Justice, said his political views remain unchanged despite facing six gunshots fired by a masked assailant.
“We did witness a man in a mask come out of the gangway and start shooting while everyone was outside,” he told WLS. “It should have never happened. He is an innocent bystander who is coming out to do something good.”
Williams’ campaign manager, Erin Ellenbolt, said Little had only been out to gather affidavits from residents, because the nomination petition for Williams’ campaign had been challenged in court.
“It’s what we’re fighting for, it’s the violence in Englewood, and the violence in the 15th Ward that we’re trying to combat,” she told the Tribune. “It’s made it personal for Joseph, I know that. He and Maxwell are incredibly close friends. It’s finding that balance between personal safety and it’s also what makes this campaign so important.”
A friend of Little’s, Chantal Grant, told WLS that she didn’t think the shooting had specifically targeted Williams’ campaign, or Little himself.
“Whoever did this was wrong and we have to get to the bottom of it, and solve it, and just not talk about it,” she said.
“I have directed the attorney general’s office to immediately go to the great city of Chicago to help straighten out the terrible shooting wave,” Trump told approximately 4,000 law enforcement officers and their families at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Orlando, Florida.
Trump said he wants Chicago to “strongly consider” amping up the stop-and-frisk practice he attributes to cleaning-up a crime-riddled New York City back in the 1990s.
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