“I'm sad at my community,” said Saunders. “[There's] so much hate and anger in these kids, and it's coming from out of the house. These parents don't want to be held accountable.”
on the Near North Side was brought to tears when she described seeing her son laying on the ground with gunshot wounds Thursday night.
"So, I took my shirt off, and I was naked, and I was holding his wound, and I was looking at the other two men," Saunders said through tears. "I don't know why anybody, the police didn't help ‘em, but I thanked the officer that was there that helped my son’s wounds. He showed me how to cut his shirt open, he wrapped it up."
"My son was brutally attacked by a group of young children. They said they were from the South Side, my son lives up North. This is not a race thing, this is an epidemic with our children. Adults that [are] out here that [are] not representing adults. You're out here with kids. That's why everybody that got shot, they literally defused the situation, telling them that's not the kids you want to bother with.
"Unfortunately in my community, we shy away from mental illness, we shy away from getting help, but I want to get help for the person that shot him, help for my children, help for everybody else," said Saunders. "It was 50 kids out there. Them kids need counseling. I got 30 kids trying to come up here to see my baby. The parents out there — you need to go get your babies some help.
Later, four men who were hurt in the shooting showed up at Northwestern Memorial Hospital: a 31-year-old who was shot in the hand, a 21-year-old shot in the arm, a 30-year-old with two graze wounds and a 29-year-old with one graze wound, police said. They were all in good condition. "I'm sad at my community," said Saunders. "[There's] so much hate and anger in these kids, and it's coming from out of the house. These parents don't want to be held accountable."
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