Bullets pierced the driver’s side door and the back of the van, one of them hitting 7-year-old Jeremiah Moore in the back of the head as he slept, killing him.
Ollie Jean Holiness remembers the "constant gunfire" that seemed to come from everywhere, trapping her and her family in a van less than a minute from their home in East Chicago.Ollie Jean Holiness remembers the "constant gunfire" that seemed to come from everywhere, trapping her and her family in a van less than a minute from their home in"My son thought he heard fireworks," said Ollie Holiness.
As Holiness spoke, East Chicago police reported little new about the shooting that occurred around 1:15 a.m. July 12 as the family crossed the intersection of Gutherie and Main Street. "I thought nothing of it," said Holiness. "I’m not from here, so I wasn’t assuming that the car was pursuing me."A 7-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed early Tuesday in East Chicago.
"It was my understanding that the neighborhood was quiet and that nothing really happened there," Holiness said. "I always saw kids outside with the neighbors watching the kids. To me it was a loving place, and for this to happen on just the other block from where I live … I lost all hope in this community."But she added that she has not lost confidence in the East Chicago Police Department, and in fact would like to pursue a career as an officer in Chicago.
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