Trump Tells Pritzker to Call for Help After Chicago’s Bloody Weekend
President Donald Trump saw the toll and put the question where it belongs, on Illinois Gov. Yet any progress loses its force when mothers still get calls from hospitals, fathers still stand outside police tape, and children still learn which blocks to avoid.Through May, Chicago had recorded 167 homicides in 2026, up 6% from the same point in 2025. The city also had 546 shooting incidents and 664 shooting victims, both higher than last year's pace.
- ▪President Donald Trump saw the toll and put the question where it belongs, on Illinois Gov.
- ▪Yet any progress loses its force when mothers still get calls from hospitals, fathers still stand outside police tape, and children still learn which blocks to avoid.Through May, Chicago had recorded 167 homicides in 2026, up 6% from the sa
- ▪The city also had 546 shooting incidents and 664 shooting victims, both higher than last year's pace.
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Trump Tells Pritzker to Call for Help After Chicago’s Bloody Weekend David Manney | 9:38 PM on June 21, 2026 AP Photo/Teresa Crawford Seven Chicago families are making funeral calls because another summer weekend brought another round of gunfire.Police said at least seven people were killed and 38 others were injured in shootings across the city after Friday evening. President Donald Trump saw the toll and put the question where it belongs, on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's desk. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Trump wrote Sunday morning that Pritzker should call him for help, adding that he could make Chicago safe in one month and among the safest cities in a…
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