"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Monday after her office declined to bring charges against suspects in a fatal West Side shootout where gunmen fired into a home late last week.
Her comments prompted a pointed response from Foxx’s office saying the mayor is “fully aware that ... we are obligated not to try cases in the media.”
- In the latest dispute between City Hall and the county’s top prosecutor amid high violent crime, Lightfoot said she was concerned by a decision by Foxx’s office not to bring charges related to the Friday morning exchange of gunfire,
- where four people exited two vehicles and shot into a home on North Mason Avenue, and
- people inside fired at them, according to authorities.
- One person was killed and the shooters outside the home fled during the incident, which was also witnessed by police officers and caught on a city street camera..."
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