- A 13-year-old boy was in serious condition Tuesday after being shot in the chest in a Monday night shooting in the Rogers Park neighborhood that left two other teens wounded.
The three teens were on the corner in the 1600 block of West Pratt Boulevard about 7:30 p.m. when a male suspect fired at them, then fled, according to police News Affairs. Police initially listed the address of the shooting as the 6800 block of North Ashland Avenue.
Pameya Campbell said her son, Javanis Barksdale, 13, was an eighth grader at CPS Kilmer School near the site of the shooting.
[...] She said her son was not in a gang. Campbell said her son played basketball, soccer, football and swam in addition to going to church.
Campbell said police were not doing their jobs.
"Where are the pastors? Where are the reverends? All the officers said to me, 'ma'am this is a bad corner,’” Campbell said. "I am not a police officer. I expect when my child leaves home, I expect for the police to do their job, and it's not being done."
In any event lady, how about taking up your beef with the mayor? He's about to eliminate around 2,000 unfilled officer spots to balance his budget. You think maybe one of more of them might have been able to stop this shooting?
But the media reports her bullshit as fact and that's all anyone is going to remember come contract time - the police aren't doing their jobs. This town is a joke, the mayor calls the tune and the media can't get enough of the smell of Rahm's ass.