TUESDAY December 13, 2022: 'Struggling to HEAL' Pictures by Chicago Tribune photographers Michael Blackshire, Brian Cassella, John J. Kim, Armando L. Sanchez, Chris Sweda, E. Jason Wambsgans, Stacey Wescott: Three children were among the 14 people who were shot and survived on Halloween night are moving on with their lives, completing schoolwork, attending day care and even celebrating a 12th birthday nearly a month after the Chicago West Side mass shooting. The mothers of the three: an 11-year-old girl and brothers who are 3 and 13, shared the heartbreaking details with the Tribune as they begin the long process to rebuild their lives. Welcome to: 'Struggling to HEAL'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #867: TUESDAY December 13, 2022: 'Struggling to HEAL' Pictures by Chicago Tribune photographers Michael Blackshire, Brian Cassella, John J. Kim, Armando L. Sanchez, Chris Sweda, E. Jason Wambsgans, Stacey Wescott: Three children were among the 14 people who were shot and survived on Halloween night are moving on with their lives, completing schoolwork, attending day care and even celebrating a 12th birthday nearly a month after the Chicago West Side mass shooting. The mothers of the three: an 11-year-old girl and brothers who are 3 and 13, shared the heartbreaking details with the Tribune as they begin the long process to rebuild their lives. Welcome to: 'Struggling to HEAL'
Neighbors wait to move their vehicles at the scene where at least a dozen people were shot, including children, on Halloween night near Polk Street and California Avenue. 14 people, including three children, were wounded in a drive-by shooting. Injuries included gunshot wounds to the legs and torso, and the victims were ages 3 to 51. The children who were shot are 3, 11 and 13 years old, and all three were in serious condition.
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CHERICE PATTERSON is recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in the Halloween shooting at home in Chicago.
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Chicago police walk near the corner of Polk Street and California Avenue after a mass shooting occurred on Halloween night on the city's West Side. The children who were shot are 3, 11 and 13 years old, and all three were in serious condition.
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Herman Lofton shows a college graduation photo of his son, Xavier Lofton. Xavier, an aspiring actor, was killed in a Friday night shooting on Chicago's West Side.
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Chicago police and emergency medical responders gather at the scene of a mass shooting on Chicago's West Side near Polk Street and California Avenue. Three children were among 14 people who were shot and survived the Halloween night mass shooting.
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BOBBY JEAN CURRY who was shot during the mass shooting on halloween night watches TV with her granddaughter, in Chicago.
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A stars and stripes headband and kids show left on the ground along the July 4th parade route on St. Johns Avenue near the mass shooting crime scene. A man shot several people during the suburb's Fourth of July parade minutes after it began. Seven people were killed and dozens injured in the attack. (Credit Image © John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire)
© July 4, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, USA: A stars and stripes headband and kids show left on the ground along the July 4th parade route on St. Johns Avenue near the mass shooting crime scene. A man shot several people during the suburb's Fourth of July parade minutes after it began. Seven people were killed and dozens injured in the attack. (Credit Image © John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire
CHERICE PATTERSON reflects on her recovery from gunshot wounds at home in Chicago. Patterson, said the family has recently organized a GoFundMe account, which as of Nov. 22 had raised $345 of a $100,000 goal. The shooting victims are mostly close-knit family and friends.
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A police officer picks up a water-logged American flag, left behind after Monday's mass shooting in Highland Park. Six people were killed and dozens injured in the shooting.
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CONTTINA PHILLIPS-PATTERSON, center, shows a photo of her gunshot wounds to Sharika Patterson at Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church in Chicago.
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Residents deliver flowers and a young girl leaves a chalk message saying 'Stronger Together,' at a memorial depicting the seven people killed after a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.
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Victims and friends talk about the Halloween night mass shooting at a healing meeting at Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church in Chicago.
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Crime scene tape breaks as Chicago police close the street at the scene of a shooting at the CPD Homan Square evidence facility.
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VICKI PATTERSON wipes away tears as other speak during a gathering on healing at Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church, in Chicago. Several members of the Patterson family were wounded during a mass shooting on Halloween.
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People visit a memorial in Port Clinton Square where seven chairs hold pictures of the victims, six days after a mass shooting during the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.
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Chicago Mayor LORI LIGHTFOOT speaks to the media about two children that were killed in separate shooting incidents and about public safety measures for the upcoming Halloween weekend.
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DAVID STAFFILINO, 8, center, pets a comfort dog after attending an interfaith service at Glencoe Union Church, after seven people were killed on the Fourth of July during a mass shooting in Highland Park.
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GWENDOLYN BAXTER, second from right, speaks about the 2016 shooting death of her son, Larry Harper, in Chicago alongside other supporters, during an Illinois House committee hearing at the Bilandic Building on new gun legislation.
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