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Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in America, with senseless crime and murders taking place daily while the innocent are often caught in the fray.
Popular Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell shared tragic news over the weekend that his younger brother was shot and killed in Chicago.
Caldwell, who joined Fox News in 2017, has been a rising star at the network and has been featured on many of the top programs.
He broke the news on Twitter.
“Yesterday was the worst day of my existence,” Caldwell wrote. “I received a call informing me that my teenage baby brother was murdered on the south side of Chicago. Never could I have imagined my baby brother’s life would be stolen from him. Please keep my family in your prayers.”
Caldwell is looking for answers after his 18-year-old brother was fatally shot.
“What I’m looking for right now is details from the police to discover who it was that murdered my brother,” Caldwell, a Chicago native, told Fox News Digital. “My baby brother never had a chance.”
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When asked if he had a message for the perpetrators involved in his brother’s death, the Fox analyst said he wants them to “turn themselves in” and be “brought to justice” but added that he also hopes “they can be rehabilitated.”
“Then one day, whenever they’re out of jail — if it’s not for life — maybe they can turn their lives around and give hope to other young men if there is any hope of rehabilitating them,” Caldwell said. “I would never want to see any street justice or violence against the people who even murdered my little brother. But I do want them brought to justice. And, as a Christian who believes in forgiveness, who believes that there is a second path for people who could do something like this, all I want from my little brother, Christian, is justice. That’s it.”
Christian was the youngest of the nine siblings and had just turned 18 this year, Caldwell explained.
“I was like his dad because he never knew his father. So my three youngest little brothers, I considered — they were my kids. Those are my sons, so I took care of them. I financially supported them and still do my family,” Caldwell said.
“I never, ever, ever thought that my baby brother, just turned 18, would ever be in this situation. We’ve never had anybody murdered in our family, and we’ve been through very, very tragic things,” he said. “God has always shielded each and every one of us, so I can’t understand how this happened. I’m trying to get the details to understand fully what’s going on here.”
“Christian loved sports, spending time with friends, traveling, and “he loved his big brother,” Caldwell said.
During a Fox News panel discussion earlier this month, Caldwell commented on the shooting and hospitalization of a Chicago police officer that occurred during a routine traffic stop.
“I’m absolutely disgusted by the violence that continues in my hometown,” Caldwell said, adding that “over 76 police officers either shot or shot at in 2021 alone. There were over 800 homicides in 2021.”
“I think back to just several years ago my younger brother during Memorial Day weekend was in a car with two of his friends when two men walked up and shot that car 25 times,” he recalled.
“Thank God my little brother lived, but his best friend died in his arms,” Caldwell stated, adding “It’s terrible.”
“These policies must change, and they got to get tough and they got to get tough immediately, otherwise we’re going to see more and more people dying in the streets daily,” Caldwell added.
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