Dwyane Wade Comments on Death of Cousin in Chicago Shooting

August 26th, 2016 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

Nykea Aldridge, the first cousin of Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade, was shot and killed on the South Side of Chicago on Friday afternoon, according to WGN-TV. She was 32 years old. 

Citing police, NBC 5 Chicago reported Aldridge was "apparently the unintended victim of a gang shooting." 

"She wasn't bothering anybody, just going to register her kids in school—and bullets that fly around have no name decided to find its way to her head," said pastor Jolinda Wade, Dwyane's mother.

CNN's Ralph Ellis, Vivian Kuo and Steve Almasy reported on Sunday that police arrested two men in connection to the shooting.

Brothers Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26, and Derren Sorrells, 22, have each been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder, police said Sunday. Darwin Sorrells has also been charged with a count of criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. Aldridge was pushing her infant child in a stroller near the Dulles School of Excellence on the South Side when several men started shooting, police said. One of the bullets hit Aldridge in the head. Another struck her in an arm. She ...

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