Armed Photographer

Must not be very safe, hanging around the least popular politician in Chicago:

• A photographer for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office was fired this spring after his colleagues reported him for allegedly carrying a firearm in a city-issued vehicle.

  Terence Crayton was found to have violated City Hall policy by bringing a gun “on to City of Chicago property and in a City of Chicago vehicle” in April, according to a copy of his personnel records obtained via a public records request. He was terminated April 24, the same day his co-workers reported him.

  Crayton’s boss, communications director Erin Connelly, wrote in an April 29 memo that two of her staffers alerted her about the firearm and after that, a third employee reported that Crayton had mentioned carrying a firearm to previous mayoral events “at his own personal discretion.” That employee said they reported Crayton to his former boss, Ronnie Reese, but Reese “did not report the incident or issue any report or disciplinary action,” per Connelly’s note.

The Tribune article (sorry about the paywall) uses variation of the word "alleged" a few times, but not a single mention if this photographer was a CCL holder. It still wouldn't prevent his firing nor being placed on the Do Not Hire list, but that would make the gun carrying a bit of a larger issue, correct? A potential UUW offender in close proximity to Conehead?

The media seems to mention it every other time.