Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
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| Marshan D. Bradley |
A man on probation for a drug charge is accused of firing into a South Side park on July 4 and wounding a 7-year-old boy.I'm glad to here that the boy has been released from the hospital, hopefully his wounds in spite of being hit in the neck wasn't serious.
Marshan D. Bradley, 21, of the 10900 block of South Vincennes Avenue, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, discharge of a firearm.
Police believe Bradley fired a bullet that struck a 7-year-old boy in the neck last Thursday night in Cole Park in the 300 block of East 85th Street in the Chatham neighborhood.
The boy, who police said was not the intended target, was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to fire officials.
He has since been released from the hospital, according to Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
"Thankfully, he's okay," Mirabelli said. He declined to elaborate on the boy's injuries, citing privacy restrictions.
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Basketball fans know the names Marcus Liberty, Nick Anderson, Derrick Rose and the 2012-13 consensus #1 high school basketball player Jabari Parker. Marcus Liberty, from Chicago King was the #1 player in the country in 1985 and the rest attended Simeon High School. Chicago basketball fans know all those names and one more Ben Wilson. Ben Wilson became the first Chicago Public League basketball player to be named the consensus #1 basketball player in the country.
In 1984, 17-year-old Ben Wilson was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a sweet-natured youngster from the city's fabled South Side, and America's top high school basketball prospect. Nicknamed "Magic Johnson with a jump shot," Wilson's natural talents and drive assured his best years were yet to come. Then, in November of his senior year, the career of this exceptional youngster was abruptly and tragically cut short. Ben's grim fate sent ripples of horror through the city and the country.
For Immediate Release
Gun Violence Survivors Join Workers and Residents in Chicago’s 6th Ward to Hold Candle Light Vigil Against Violence
Alderman Roderick Sawyer Joins Community Partners to Say Violence is Destroying Lives and Killing Economic Opportunity
When:
Wed, Feb. 1st, 4:00 pm—4:30pm
Where:
Meet at Cole Park (NE corner of 85th and South Martin Luther King Drive);
Then candle light march to Church's Fried Chicken, 400 E 87th St, Chicago, IL 60619
Who:
Chicago Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer, 6th District
Minister Oscar Varnadoe, Park Manor United Church of Christ
Cynthia Youngblood, homecare worker, whose teenage daughter was shot twice
Jacqueline Smith, childcare provider, shot in the back from stray gunfire
Kenya Taylor, part-time traffic control aide
What:
Gun violence survivors and residents of Chicago’s 6th Ward will join together at Cole Park and hold a candle light march, walking two blocks south to 87th and King Drive – the site of a tragic shooting by a teenager that killed three people on Nov. 5, 2011. Chanda Thompson, Cortez Champion and Shawn Russell were all three shot to death in their vehicle outside a Church’s Chicken which shared the parking lot with A Piece of Cake Bakery. The trio had been at the bakery to pick up a birthday cake for Thompson’s 2-year-old daughter.
Why:
Gun Violence survivors will speak about how their lives have changed since being shot and how violence is eroding economic opportunity in the 6th Ward. Residents are coming together to call for urgent action to stem the violence in the community and to demand that solutions also include jobs, economic development, and community investment as a vital strategy to improve public safety.
