Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Pastors to hold all night prayer vigil at site where 2 teens were killedIf you want some background here's an article on this story I have found from WGN:
“Source of violence is sin….”
Chicago -- The churches and pastors of the Illinois Missionary Baptist State Convention are holding an ALL NIGHT Prayer Vigil Friday, February 3, 2012 from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Churches Chicken, 6600 South Halsted Street, Chicago, which is the site where two teenagers were killed.
Last December, Dantril Brown, 17, a junior at the Prosser Career Academy, and Jawan Ross, 16, a sophomore at the Robeson High School, were at Churches Chicken where an argument erupted outside with one chasing the other into the restaurant and opening fire wounding five people and killing the teens.
According to Rev. Gerald M. Dew, pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, the purpose of the prayer vigil “is to demonstrate to the community our care and concern for every resident, and to ask the Lord to move on the hearts and minds of those who use violence to solve their problems.
“We believe that the primary source of the violence in our communities is sin and sin can only be handled by The Savior. All who believe that the Lord has the power to turn our communities around are welcome to join us in this effort,” said Dew.
Chicago police are questioning a 23-year-old man about a restaurant shooting that killed two teenagers in the Englewood neighborhood. So far, there are no arrests.That article was from this past December and still fresh in the minds of many I'm sure!
The families of both teens say they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
They had gone to the restaurant to purchase their dinner when gunfire broke out.
The Tuesday special at the Church's Chicken in the 6600 block of South Halsted brought 16-year-old Jawan Ross and 17-year-old Dantril Brown to the fast food restaurant.
Both were inside for the 59 cent legs and wings when police say two people outside got into a fight.
One of those involved came into the Church's restaurant and the other, who had a gun, chased him and started shooting. Both teens were shot and killed and five other people were injured.
