Evanston, Illinois-- a place many families, students, and teens go to movies, shop, eat at restaurants and see entertainment. A maze of purple floods the streets as Northwestern University students walk around in between classes. Although there are some "iffy" areas in Evanston, it is filled with affluent neighborhoods, where one would think there would never be life and death situations. However, on September 20th, 14 year old Dajae Coleman was walking home around 10 pm by Church St. and Davis St. (downtown Evanston) and was shot four times and fatally wounded in the chest. Coleman was prospected to go far in Basketball and his coach said that he was "
one of those kids that's always willing to help out in the community". To read more click Here.
The news has shocked the community and yesterday students flooded Evanston High School wearing red, as it was Dajae's favorite color. Many people ask themselves, "Why him? Why was he killed?" The police are still investigating with currently no leads. They suspect it was not gang related, so why kill an innocent boy?
This tragedy has really made me think. Why is it so easy for Americans to get their hands on a gun? There needs to be stricter laws with gun use to prevent these accidents from happening. Only professionals should be able to own firearms because an unexperienced kid with a gun could potentially not just hurt others, but themselves because of lack of experience.
As Evanston family and friends mourn the loss, the school released Coleman's "Belief statement" that he wrote for his humanities class. To read his last piece of writing before his passing Click Here.
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