“Indeed, (Newly elected Mayor Zohran) Mamdani built early momentum in his historic campaign by championing the city’s street vendors, noting red tape was driving ‘halal-flation.’ Regardless of their feelings on other elements on Mamdani’s agenda, enterprising candidates for Chicago mayor and City Council in 2027 would be wise to take on the same underdog fight on behalf of Chicago’s street vendors.”

The 51-year-old victim, shot in the chest, head and back, was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. There is no one in custody, and Area One detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

The case involving 22-year-old Devon Jones is the latest in a rapidly growing number of incidents that point to persistent failures in the day-to-day operation of electronic monitoring programs operated by the Office of the Chief Judge. The paper trail leading up to the attack shows that Jones had been repeatedly flagged by court officers for violating the same monitoring conditions that were supposed to keep him off the streets.