Witnesses recount deadly mass shooting at Juneteenth gathering near Willowbrook
Police were already monitoring the scene, but were called away to an alleged 911 call of a fight that had broken out nearby.
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Police were already monitoring the scene, but were called away to an alleged 911 call of a fight that had broken out nearby.
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"I feel like our children need positive role models. They need activities and they need to be involved in a variety of different activities because the possibilities are endless when we expose our kids to things."
"I'm just really scared for them. More and more kids are becoming a part of violence because they see a lot of other kids doing it. And it's just, follow the leader."
"We want this space to be a safe space for people to be a lot more communal."
"The community is outraged. The young people are outraged. It's upsetting to know that when I open my door and let my young people out, that it's a chance they just might not come back."
"My momma has always been my number one role model and I just want to be just like her. She enjoyed doing it. So I feel like I will enjoy doing it."
"There are people who depend on wages to go back home and make that. You just have to figure out how to come back into operation."
Police say it all started when a large group was gathered to celebrate the life of a man who was killed in a car crash four years ago.
"Having my associate degree has helped me and my family save like, a bunch of money that I would have spent on my two years. Now I can go into college as like a junior and just finish my two years and then get a job."
The suspects are described as men dressed in all black, with black ski masks and gloves.
Charles Levy woke up to the sound of gunshots on Memorial Day; a sound he said he hears all too often. But this time was different.
"The shooting that happened on this street makes you rethink everything."
"Norfolk Southern is the monster that they're turning out to be."
For the past 10 years, Pastor John Hannah has hosted the annual "Prayer on the 9," where thousands of people stand together in solidarity during a march on 79th Street.