(FOX NEWS) – A pastor from the Windy City’s South Side called for justice in his violence-ridden community after support from politicians poured into the nearby suburb of Highland Park following the July 4 mass shooting.
“This area in this community is definitely not a stranger to violence at all,” TJ Grooms, a pastor at the New Beginnings Church, told Fox News. “There was a mass shooting here right behind me where five victims were shot, literally right behind me.”
That July 4 shooting on the South Side was all too common, according to Grooms, who lives in a city that faced nearly 800 murders in 2021. The same day, a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, an affluent Chicago suburb, ultimately killing seven and injuring around 30, attracting nationwide attention.
