13 yr old boy shot 22 times.

Kacie · 07-29-2010, 02:17 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=7581717

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- A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed near his home on the Far South Side. Relatives say the gunman wore a shirt over his head to hide his identity.

Relatives say they had considered sending Robert Freeman, 13, out of state to stay with relatives because of the violence in Chicago.

Area 2 detectives say they are questioning a person of interest, someone who lives not too far from the crime scene in the 11500-block of South Perry.

"The doctor told me he found 22 bullet holes in my baby," said mother Theresa Lumpkin.

Robert was leaning against a car talking with friends Wednesday night when witnesses say a young man approached with a warning.

"One of my baby's friends that was with my baby told them, 'Don't be sitting here when I get back,'" said Lumpkin. "So he went through the gate, went back and came back with something wrapped around his face, a black t-shirt around his face, and that's when he got to shooting."

"It wasn't his time. He was only 13," said Jennifer Jackson, robert's aunt.

Neighbors say Robert spent his summer months riding his bike up and down the block and mowing lawns to make money.

Activists are asking witnesses to come forwards.

"When the guy ran through this lot, that needs to be cut and gated, was just shooting. It's crazy. This has been going on ever since I've been here," said Sharon Davis, West Pullman resident.

"That person has to understand, tell himself, why did he take this young man's life? For that amount of bullets to go into one person, [there's] some anger somewhere," said Andrew Holmes, No Guns No Violence organization.

Longtime residents say the housing crisis has made violence worse in the neighborhood, with abandoned buildings eating away at the fabric of the West Pullman community.

"Twenty-five percent -- one in four -- houses in this community is abandoned, boarded up," said Eddie Franklin, West Pullman resident.

Residents say the abandoned properties create the perfect environment for a criminal conduct and other mischief.

22 TIMES?!!!

Note · 07-29-2010, 03:44 PM

So many sick and messed up people in this world. That poor boy.

SailorsPrincess · 07-29-2010, 04:47 PM

OMG!!!!!! That poor boy

redhd21 · 07-29-2010, 05:02 PM

That poor child! I can't believe it! 22 times! My prayers go out to his family!

LadyWicky · 07-29-2010, 05:03 PM

Cav_Scout_Wife · 07-29-2010, 06:02 PM

omg!

Who would want a 13 year old dead? I understand people these days, what was so horrible that this CHILD did to deserve this?

**Gina** · 07-29-2010, 06:26 PM

How absolutely horrible.

ilovemydevildog · 07-29-2010, 07:15 PM

**SarahMay** · 07-29-2010, 08:05 PM

22 times, he had to have changed clips...

That's horrible, so much anger there... I just don't get it.

brittany32 · 07-29-2010, 08:15 PM

How horrible

I feel terrible for his family.

**Judith** · 07-29-2010, 10:34 PM

**pilesoflaundry** · 07-30-2010, 10:31 AM

Last week a 17 was shot and killed not too far from my house. His family just left Chicago trying to avoid the violence. It's crazy.

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