Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell called on the FBI to investigate his brother’s murder after claiming the Chicago Police Department had failed his family.
Caldwell’s 18-year-old brother Christian was randomly shot alongside two other people on the street in South Chicago last June.
Analyst blasted Chicago police’s handling of investigation after suspect’s arrest, saying they ‘failed my family’ and therefore would like the FBI to take over Christian’s case .
“I received, just this year in March, a call from the Chicago Police Department advising me that there had been an arrest, an unrelated case of an individual who they believe has a high likelihood of to be involved in the murder of my little brother, Christian, to be one of the shooters, to be exact,’ the analyst told News World on Friday.
“This same police department also told me that the FBI is investigating this individual and that he is in federal custody, which I can applaud and appreciate,” he said.
Caldwell’s 18-year-old brother Christian was randomly shot alongside two other people on the street in South Chicago last June.
Fox News analyst blasted Chicago police’s handling of investigation after suspect’s arrest
“However,” Caldwell explained, “the Chicago Police Department has let my family down ever since.”
“They have completely let us down. The detective in charge of the case does not answer my calls, my texts and today I want to use this opportunity and this platform to call on the FBI to fully resume the investigation of the murder of my brother.
Caldwell said it’s been hard on his family and he’s “very disappointed” that the Chicago Police Department “continues to fail thousands of families.”
speaking on FoxNews Caldwell revealed he was in talks with a congressman to unite lawmakers in asking the FBI to get involved in the investigation and “to be a voice for victims nationwide.”
“I personally contacted the FBI several times, I heard nothing from them.
‘So I want to ask the FBI field office in Chicago, whoever it is there, to call me. You have my number in your system.
“If you’re at FBI headquarters in Washington, D,C, call me. You have my number in your system,” he pleaded.
Christian was shot dead in a seemingly random attack last June on the 11400 block of S. Vincennes Avenue in the south of the city.
Caldwell is one of nine, raised by their grandmother because their mother was addicted to crack
Caldwell revealed he was in talks with a congressman to unite lawmakers in asking the FBI to get involved in the investigation
Caldwell has worked for Fox since 2017 and uses his platform to raise awareness of his brother’s tragic case
A 25-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were also shot dead.
All three were taken to Christ Hospital, where Christian was pronounced dead and the other two victims survived.
The shooter “then got into a black sedan and fled,” police said at the time.
Caldwell is one of nine, raised by their grandmother because their mother was a crack addict.
He said they were “really, really poor” when they were kids.
Christian, the youngest of nine, enjoyed sports and travelling, Caldwell said of his brother last June.
“I was like his father because he never knew his father,” he explained.
“So my three younger little brothers, I considered – they were my children. They are my sons, so I took care of them. I supported them financially and I still do my family.
He said they were all aware of the violence in their town: some of his siblings witnessed violent crimes, including one being shot in 2017, and “his best friend died in his arm”.
Speaking to Fox at the time, he said he wanted his brother’s killer to search his conscience.
“Then one day, every time they get out of jail – if not for life – maybe they can turn their lives around and give hope to other young men if there is a hope to rehabilitate them,” Caldwell said.
“I would never want to see street justice or violence against the people who even murdered my little brother.
“But I want them to be brought to justice.
“And, as a Christian who believes in forgiveness, who believes there is a second way for people who might do something like this, all I want from my little brother, Christian, is justice. That’s it.’
