Mom of Chicago teen shot, killed in Whiting, Indiana, pleads
WHITING, IND. â The mother of the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was shot and killed in Northwest Indiana last month pleaded for help on Saturday to find who murdered her son.Damien Abenante-Villa, from Chicago's South Side, was killed while he was walking to a family birthday in Whiting, Indiana .Dozens met on Saturday night to honor Damien and demand answers. They lit candles and released balloons in Damien's honor.The shooting happened in broad daylight on a residential street.
'Amanda said she had not received any updates from police.'It's four weeks,' she said. 'How much longer? Four months? It's not going to be four years. Where is the justice?'They held the vigil on the same block that police taped off the evening of March 23. Damien was hit by a bullet in the chest while walking in a group, including some family members, all ages 11 to 16.
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