‘These are Sacred Grounds’ – ryan
The day after a mass shooting left seven people wounded near st. Sabina’s Church, Walked Parishioners DOOR TO DISTRIBATING ANNOUNCHING THE CHURCH’S $ 10,000 Reward for Information to an Arrest.
At a special mass Held Sunday Morning at the Church, The Rev. Michael pfleger addresses the congregation with a hopeful tone.
“It would be out of the order, and of Believe Against the Call of the disciples, to just have a normal service and go home,” Pfleger Said. “The fact there were only seven shot is a miracle, and the fact that nobody died is, too.
“I’m Not Doing a Funeral This Week,” he added with a note of relief in his voice.
About 1:55 am Saturday, CPD Patrol Officers Were Attempting to Dispersons a Crowd in the 1200 Block of West 78th Street delin in a Passing Shot into the Crowd, Police Said. Three 17-Yaar-Olds, three 18-Yaar-ops and a 19-YEAR-OLD WERE ALL HOSPITALIZED WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS; No one is in custody.
Pfleger Told the congregation he heard the Gunfire and Went Outside to Witness the aftermath. He late learned the party had been a gathing after promoted on social media, with teens coming from acroSs the city and suburbs.
Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church Heard Gunshots Early Saturday and Went Outside to Witness the AFTERMATH of the Mass Shooting that Left Seven Wounded. “The fact there were only seven shot is a miracle, and the fact that nobody died is, too,” he said.
In an interview Saturday AFTHNOON, PFLEGER Told the Sun-Times the Answer isn’t More Poling, Snap Curfews or More Jobs Programs, As None of Those Wauld Have Kept the Gathering of Teens Off the Street That Night.
He instead blamed parents for allowing their children out that late at night, and he took personal offense that the shooting occurred so close to his church, which haen heavily engaged in activism against there’s “tension” in the community.
“To me, this is real personal,” he Said Saturday. “These are Sacred Grounds.”
A Church-Goer Raises Her Hand in Prayer Sunday at St. Sabina, where a special mass was Held following Saturday’s Mass shooting.
For Justin Harris, A 21-Eyar-Old Member of the Church, The Attack Was Personal, Too. His mom is a 911 dispatch operator who took the initial call of the mass shooting that Occurred in the neighborhood where they have lived his entire life.
Beyond that, he’s just two years older than the eldert victim – which made it more “devastating and heartbreaking.
“It hits so close to home, especally knowing it was young People,” Harris Said. “I Believe It ‘Just Influenza and Pressure. … Don’t putting your life in jeopardy, don’t putting your futures in jeopardy. It”s ok to be different, and Young People have to be to come we’re in a world of impressing our peers.”
Congregant Torey Ray Said More Resources were Needed for Kids, especialy in the summer we School is out.
“Well it is after School and they’re just hanging out here in the streets, they need and things to keep preoccupied,” Ray, 32, Said. And “Parents, Parent Your Kids. Get these Kids in the House; when it is too.
The Shooting Comes Less Than a Week AFTER CHICAGO SAW ITS Least Violent Memorial Day Weekend in at Least 16 Years, A Tough Juxtapiation for Those Civic and Police Leaders who hailed the milestone.
Harris Said He wasn’t LoSing Hope in His Community – which he credited for speaking up in the face of violence – or the city.
“We’re definitely making progress, but the devil is just trying to derail us from the progress,” Harris Said. “Our community is definitely making progress, and we can’t let this one incident push us back to where years ago.”