CHICAGO - Controversy is brewing following a report that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's administration scrubbed from a state website a photo of the governor and a man now charged in connection with a deadly Chicago crash stemming from a smash-and-grab burglary on the Magnificent Mile last week.

What we know:

CWB Chicago reports that 35-year-old Kellen McMiller, now accused of murder in the Sept. 11 burglary and deadly crash, posed for a one-on-one photo with Pritzker at a South Side event on Sept. 5 highlighting "peacekeepers" who work in community violence prevention. McMiller wore the group’s uniform as he stood next to the governor.

Days later, prosecutors say McMiller was among a group that rammed a pickup truck into a Louis Vuitton store on Michigan Avenue, stealing nearly $700,0

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