Month: December 2023

Ald. Bill Conway put Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on blast Thursday, hours after a man was murdered steps from a homeless camp the alderman has been trying to get Johnson’s office to address.

A man was shot and killed in the West Loop overnight, just steps from a homeless camp that the local alderman has said is a catalyst for violent crime in the area. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly withheld assistance in cleaning up the area because the local alderman refused to link his votes on key legislation to the clean-up effort.

Prosecutors say a man who sold drugs to an undercover cop had more than $60,000 worth of heroin and crack and a loaded handgun with an extended magazine inside a homeless camp tent that he dealt out of.