When she arrived, Benson said, she immediately knew something was wrong and felt as though her "stomach was caving in." According to Chicago Sun-Times, Damarion was shot along with four other people when gunfire erupted on the street corner. Benson encouraged city officials to "do better" in their response to worsening crime although she does not fault Mayor Lori Lightfoot personally. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"The gun violence problem in Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis is cultural and it’s tribal," he said. "All the experts out there in the field – if they do not understand the culture and the history of the gun violence with African American people and I say this because 80% of the violence occurs in the African American community."

Source: Fox News August 10, 2021 02:37 UTC