The family of 17-year-old Jeremy Smith said they weren't aware he was going out to join the crowds that gathered in the South Loop over the weekend, and later got the tragic call that he wasn't coming home.
Jeremy Smith, killed in a South Loop shooting in Chicago near Roosevelt and Canal, was set to graduate from Ombudsman Chicago South this year., and later got the tragic call that he wasn't coming home.
"Sometimes, children say they're going to be here at this address, and they'll migrate to somewhere else, and that seems to be a problem right now. To you young youth, don't lie and don't lie to those that love you," Bailey said. "Hopefully, once this individual is apprehended, whether it's the person who is in there now, they can cross the -t's and dot the -i's and his family can get just a little bit of comfort, because they're in the healing process and they'll never heal behind this," said crisis responder Andrew Holmes.
Father Michael Pfleger with St. Sabina Church said it's not too early for churches, law enforcement and city officials to come together and work on a plan for preventing future vio Carlil Pittman with GoodKids MadCity said the organization formed six years ago to get to the root cause of violence in the community, and said they work to provide positive outlets for young people.
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