An anti-violence activist was among those killed in a weekend of shootings on the streets of Chicago, according to police.
Ten people have been killed, and 37 wounded across Chicago since Friday evening, ABC Chicago station WLS-TV reported, with community activist William “Willie” Cooper, 58, and a 9-year-old boy among the dead.
Cooper’s nonprofit, Lilydale Outreach Workers for a Better Community, helps teens find jobs on Chicago’s South Side, according to Donovan Price, another community activist who runs the youth program for Pray Chicago, a faith-based community organization, who said Cooper was shot not far from his nonprofit’s headquarters.
A representative for Lilydale Outreach Workers for a Better Community today confirmed Cooper’s death but declined to comment on it, saying that members of Cooper’s staff were still speaking with authorities about the incident.
Cooper was walking near a liquor store Saturday afternoon when someone driving by in a dark-colored vehicle shot him in the back and mouth, The Associated Press reported.
Source: Anti-violence activist among dead in another weekend of Chicago shootings – ABC News
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