Chicago alder threatens legal action against colleague over comments on DC shooting

Chicago Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez (33rd) is threatening legal action against fellow Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th), amid a war of words tied to last week’s deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C.

Lopez is standing behind comments and social media posts related to the shooting, but Rodriguez Sanchez has said they are inaccurate, dangerous, and violate the public trust. Her attorney has sent Lopez a cease and desist order, and has threatened legal action if he doesn’t comply.

In the hours after it was revealed the accused gunman in last week’s deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. is from Chicago, some Chicago leaders began to weigh in…

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