Robert Santos is described as a teen who loved his family.
-- A teen was shot and killed this week in front of his younger nieces and nephews – including a 1-year-old and a 9-year-old.
The family of 18-year-old Robert Santos says he tried protecting them while they were driving in a car when shots rang out Monday. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar sat down with Santos' family on Tuesday. Santos is described as a teen who loved his family. His sister says she picked him up from school – and a short time later, a single shot came flying through the car.In his final moments, Santos is being honored and remembered for shielding his nieces and nephews from the gunfire near 58th Street and Western Avenue in Gage Park Monday afternoon."It was a car full of kids," Angela said."We picked him up first and were going to the laundromat.
"A car came flying past us, and it sounded like they threw something at the window - and Robert's like, 'I'm hit,'" she said."It did hit like the metal part of the car, and one shot only - and it hit him in his back, and he died.""I blame myself because I didn't get their fast enough," she said.The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.
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