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Chicago Mayor Blames Guns After Female Police Officer Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

Tim Pearce
Chicago Mayor Blames Guns After Female Police Officer Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) claimed guns and “the violence they bring” are responsible for the death of Chicago police officer Ella French.

Twenty-nine-year-old French, a three-and-a-half-year veteran of the force, died over the weekend after she was shot during a traffic stop. French is the first officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty since Lightfoot took office in 2019 and the first female officer to be killed since 1988.

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