Former Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, a former Democrat, has urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to allow President Trump to send federal forces into Chicago after her father, 65, was nearly killed in a shooting. Henyard's father was hit in the neck in an alley in North Lawndale and is in serious condition. The ex-mayor, who is now running for a spot on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, confirmed that her father was directly affected by the "senseless gun violence that continues to plague Illinois". This comes after an 18-year-old student from New York was fatally shot in the head allegedly by Venezuelan national Jose Medina-Medina.