San Antonio police shooting from last year puts Chicago mayoral candidate on the defensive

A Chicago mayoral candidate running on a law-and-order campaign is in defense mode after a recent media report examining his son's involvement in a fatal San Antonio police shooting. The Triibe, a news site serving Black Chicagoans, last week published a story on mayoral hopeful Paul Vallas' son Gus Vallas being one of three SAPD officers accused of opening fire on a Black man fleeing on foot. A spokesperson for the campaign confirmed to the outlet that the younger Vallas was one of the officers involved in the March 2022 incident.