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A Republican county commissioner based outside Chicago lashed out at Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx this week after gunfire at an Oak Brook shopping mall left at least four people wounded – and sent Christmas shoppers scrambling for safety.
Speaking just hours after the shooting, Commissioner Peter DiCianni 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, with the result being more safety concerns in surrounding communities.
“DuPage County is always a county that prides itself that safety is a top priority,” DiCianni said in a TV interview near the mall Thursday night with Chicago’s WGN-TV, “and a lot of our violent crime has been coming in from the east.
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“We have a [Cook County] state’s attorney that often does not prosecute the crime as she should,” he continued, referring to Foxx. “I can tell you that these offenders, speaking on behalf of our state’s attorney [in DuPage County], will be fully prosecuted.
“We have a [Cook County] state’s attorney that often does not prosecute the crime as she should.”
Commissioner Peter DiCianni (DuPage County website photo)
“And we need to send a message that we don’t tolerate this kind of crime in our county.”
According to authorities, shots were fired inside the mall around 5:44 p.m. Thursday after two armed suspects became involved in a dispute. The four people wounded in the incident were one of the suspects and three bystanders, police said. All were expected to survive.
“We need to send a message that we don’t tolerate this kind of crime in our county.”
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