At Montessori School of Englewood, students reflected upon “a hole that cannot be filled” after the death of 13-year-old William Smith, an eighth grader at the school, said the school’s director Rita Nolan.
Chicago police officers at the targeted Ford SUV near 111th Street and Hamlet Avenue after the Interstate 57 shooting that left three dead and three wounded on Feb. 19, 2023.
The boy was wise and kind, “smart funny” and beloved, Nolan said. He devoured books and loved to wear his sweatshirt hood up, she told the Tribune.The middle school students learned their classmate had been shot to death as word spread during the Presidents Day holiday. Many came back in tears, remembering the field trip they had taken with the boy on Friday, she said.
“We need to humanize this,” Nolan said. “These are real kids. It’s our job to keep them safe. He was great.”
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