I haven't seen any deaths or guns yet but i have seen brutal fights. I was at Navy Pier watching the fireworks on july 4th and there was a fight between two guys and it started before the firework show started. One of the guys bumped into the other guy then the next thing you know, they are throwing fists. It was a terrible sight and feeling especially when you are with your family.

I have also been told that someone was shot in my neighborhood in a park called Kilborn Park. My friends mom saw the whole thing. There was a guy walking with his friends minding their own business, then a car full of people pull up on the sidewalk and get out of the car. Then the those guys from the car shoot one of them and kills him, then they drive off. My friend told me that the guy was holding his friend who was dying in his arms and in tears. And... Yeah...

Nicholas Basuel