St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush’s Car Ambushed by Gunfire

St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush’s vehicle was ambushed with gunfire on Sunday, according to CNN. 

Bush’s vehicle was left in the St. Louis area, however, the congresswoman was not in the car at the time, KSDK reports. 

KSDK reports that a source close to the congresswoman does not believe Bush was intentionally targeted.

“Like far too many of us in St. Louis, experiencing gun violence is all too familiar,” Bush’s spokesperson Jack Besser told People in an official statement. “Thankfully, no one was harmed. But any act of gun violence shakes your soul. No one should have to fear for their safety here in St. Louis, and that is exactly why our movement is working every day to invest in our communities, eradicate the root causes of gun violence, and keep every neighborhood safe.”

Evidence was found that indicated someone tampered with the car door handles of other cars in the surrounding area at the time the gunfire hit Bush’s vehicle, the source revealed.

Bush speaks about the ripple-effect of gun violence

The progressive Missouri legislator addressed the situation on Thursday on Twitter, saying “I’m touched by everyone who has reached out.”

Bush, a nurse and minister, became a fixture on the political public stage during the protests over the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. At the time, Bush lived six minutes away from where Brown was killed.

She became Missouri’s first Black woman congressional representative when she defeated longtime St. Louis Congressmen Bill “Lacy” Clay in the 2020 congressional election.