The mother of Ohio State Football player Carnell Tate was fatally shot during a drive-by shooting Sunday morning in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
On Sunday, Breitbart News reported the drive-by shooting, noting that one person was killed and four others wounded. But the identity of the deceased was not known at that time.
Late Monday afternoon NBC 5 noted that the deceased was Ashley Griggs (pictured, top), mother of Ohio State Football player Carnell Tate.
Carnell Tate #17 of the Ohio State Buckeyes makes a catch for a touchdown during the Spring Game at Ohio Stadium on April 15, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Ben Jackson/Getty Images)
Griggs was with a group of people who “had gathered in the 4000 block of West Washington Boulevard after a Marshall High School reunion” Sunday morning around 2 a.m. Someone opened fire on the group from inside a passing car, shooting Griggs multiple times.
She was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Breitbart News pointed out at least 37 people shot Friday into Sunday afternoon in Mayor Johnson’s Chicago, three of them fatally.
The Chicag0 Sun-Times homicide database shows 317 people were killed in Chicago January 1, 2023, through July 17, 2023.
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