The devastated Albany Park family is trying to understand how gang violence led to a tragedy involving their son.
A 23-year-old man was shot in the face and critically injured after fishing in the North Branch of the Chicago River Wednesday night, police said.A 23-year-old man was shot in the face and critically injured after fishing in the North Branch of the Chicago River Wednesday night, police said.His mom said he may have lost his vision in his left eye and said their lives will never be the same after this.
"That's their thing they do in the summer," she said. "They go all over to different parks, different lakes. They Google who has the biggest fishes and when they put them in the pond." "My one son is like, 'We are here fishing. We don't gangbang. We're not with none of that,' and they just both of them pulled out guns and they just started shooting up the whole car my boys were in," said Franchi's mother, Melissa Torres.
That's where an ambulance took Franchi to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. The 23 year old is now possibly blind in his left eye and has several gunshot wounds to his face.hurt, angry, aggravated. Like why? Why do this to people that are innocent," Melissa said.His mom said he's a plumber's apprentice who loves spending time outside playing baseball and fishing with his brothers. Now, his future filled with uncertainty.
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