A motive was unclear for the shooting of former Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s father, who was shot and seriously injured in North Lawndale alley Wednesday night, according to Chicago police.
Three unknown males wearing dark clothing were believed to be involved in the shooting but a motive was unclear, according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times.
About 5:55 p.m., officers were alerted by the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications to a person shot and responded to an alley off 1323 S. Kedzie Ave., the report said.
There, her father, 65, was found with one gunshot wound to the neck or “left cheek,” the report said. Chicago fire department paramedics took him to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition and detectives were not immediately able to talk to him because he was intubated.
One fired bullet and nine fired cartridge cases were recovered from the scene, according to the report, which added that Area 4 detectives continued to search for witnesses and any video footage.
Henyard took to social media Thursday to announce that the man who had been shot was her father.
“This tragedy has shaken my family to the core and unfortunately, it reflects a reality that far too many families across our state are facing,” Henyard said.
Henyard has faced several investigations into her conduct in office, including an ongoing federal probe into a $200,000 payment to a controversial contractor whose owner was convicted of bribery and sentenced to five years in federal prison.
She called on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to “seriously reconsider” President Donald Trump’s offers to help with crime, which have included threats to deploy the National Guard to the city. She named the cities to which the National Guard had been deployed and claimed those cities saw “positive outcomes.”
“Their leadership chose collaboration, and that collaboration produced results,” Henyard said. “I respectfully urge Governor Pritzker to reconsider working in partnership with President Donald J. Trump to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the people you were elected to serve.”
Last month, the Village of Dolton sued Fifth Third Bank claiming the bank enabled the former mayor and Thornton Township trustee to “steal” $1.9 million in public funds over at least one year during her tenure.
She was unseated last May in a landslide loss to trustee Jason House. Shortly after, Henyard qualified to run as a Republican in the May 19 general primary election to represent the District 5 seat on the Fulton County, Georgia Board of Commissioners, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
