Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) has canceled a Friday afternoon appearance in support of Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker’s (D) Senate campaign and is flying back to Chicago to respond to a shooting that left more than a dozen people wounded.
Emanuel’s office confirmed the cancellation to TPM on Friday morning.
The shooting Thursday night resulted in 13 injured, including a 3 year old, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Emanuel had been planning to appear at a campaign rally for Booker in Newark, N.J.