Governor JB Pritzker scrudd photo he took with City ‘Peacekeer’ later accused of murder

The governor of the Illinois Democrat, JB Pritzker, is under fire after having posed for a photo alongside a resident of the Chicago region involved in the city’s “helmet” program, which a few days later was charged in a fatal flight of accidents and grabs which resulted in the death of a father soon.

The Pritzker office confirmed to Fox News that he had deleted a photo in an official government press release of the governor and the man wrapping a “program of peace soldiers”, identified as Kellen McMiller, who was charged last week in connection with the deadly burglary. The photo with Pitzker was taken as part of a week -long initiative where the Governor went to various places in Chicago to meet various leaders in the community, such as school administrators, interventionists of community violence and local business leaders.

Meanwhile, the judicial archives have shown that when McMiller posed with his photo next to the highest civil servant in Illinois, he had four arrest mandates in progress, the Chicago-Sun Times reported.

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Governor JB Pritzker is seen at a press conference at the Metropolitan Peace Academy in Chicago earlier this month to highlight the work of managers and volunteers of community violence intervention organizations in the Chicago region. On the left is the Mugshot of Kellen McMiller. (Getty Images / Chicago Police Department)

In response to the False-Pas photo, the Pritzker office published a statement indicating that they were “extremely disturbed” to learn the arrest of McMiller and its presumed involvement in a deadly volume.

“The governor meets hundreds of people in communities every week and is often invited to take photos,” said a pritzker spokesperson in a media shared statement. “We were extremely disturbed to learn that this person was arrested for his alleged involvement in this serious crime, and we expect them to be responsible for controlling the law. rehabilitation. “”

McMiller, who is 35, was accused of murder, burglary and theft at retail alongside six co-accused for a collision and Grab flight of September 11 in a Louis Vuitton store along the Mile Mile in Chicago. The photo with Pritzker took place six days earlier, during an event highlighting the “headsets” of the city who work Prevention of community violence to help reduce violent crimes in progress in Chicago. McMiller wore the group’s uniform as he was standing next to the governor.

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks to the office of the Center for American Progress on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Prosecutors allegedly alleged that McMiller was part of a team that had broken a van in the Louis Vuitton store, flying nearly $ 700,000 in goods. When the police arrived, one of the escape cars struck another vehicle led by Mark Aceta, 40.

Aceta was then killed in the accident, which one day occurred before his girlfriend gave birth to their son.

This incident with Pritzker occurs while he and President Donald Trump continue to stimulate whether the federal government should deploy national guard troops in Chicago to help repress the city’s violent crime. However, Pritzker argued that there is no emergency of crime in Chicago who would call on federal troops to intervene.

President Donald Trump and the Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker exchanged lively words while Trump was floating in deployment of the national guard troops in Chicago. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images; Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)

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However, the president threatened to send the National Guard even if Pritzker tries to arrest him.

“If Pritzker was intelligent, he would say:” Please come, “Trump told journalists earlier this week. “If they lose less than six or seven people per week with a murder, they do a great job in their opinion. Chicago is a death trap, and I will do it as I did with DC, as I will do with Memphis.”