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‘Targeted shooting’ in Illinois kills 5 family members, wounds 2 others

Todd Blanche criticizes Illinois governor for rejecting federal aid in Chicago

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche addresses alarming violence in Chicago, revealing eight dead and dozens shot over the weekend. He criticizes Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for allegedly denying him federal aid. Blanche compares Chicago’s situation to successful crime reduction efforts in Washington, D.C., and Memphis, highlighting the critical need for local and federal cooperation to stop the violence.

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Seven family members were shot, five fatally, in what authorities described as a “targeted mass shooting” in Illinois on Sunday.

Illinois State Police announced at a news conference that two teenage suspects, both 16, were taken into custody in connection with the shootings.

No criminal complaint has been filed against the suspects yet.

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Authorities said that two young suspects were detained in connection with the armed attack. (Illinois State Police)

Police are in East St. Louis, including 39th and Summit, the Gompers public housing project and Jones Park. He said there were shootings at multiple locations in St. Louis, Illinois.

In the incident, 5 people lost their lives and 2 people were hospitalized with serious injuries.

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Police, East St. He said there have been shootings at multiple locations in St. Louis, Illinois. (Getty Images)

“I just want to say that these alleged acts of horrific violence that have taken so many lives in this community are terrible, bad, but they will not bring this city down,” police said.

Authorities also described the incident as a “horrible, horrific act of violence.”