After a series of shooting downtown Chicago in the past few days and multiple attacks on CTA trains or platforms, Mayor Lori Lightfoot fielded questions on violence Monday as one of her opponents proposed ideas of his own.
"We're working our tails off every single day... obviously not happy about this weekend," she said, following the weekend in which a total of 35 people were shot across the city, including nine who were killed. Of the victims, two people were killed and four others were wounded in the downtown area.
Businessman and mayoral candidate Willie Wilson specifically addressed violence on CTA trains and platforms Monday as rode a CTA Red Line train from 95th Street to downtown. "Too many citizens have been robbed, too many people that are homeless on the train, which need a place to live outside being on the train," he said.
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