Mother says "goodbye” to 13-year-old child who was shot as he rode bicycle 4 blocks from home, RIP
By Mike-Ross
A Mother reveals how she went to hospital to give a “final goodbye” to her 13-year-old son who was shot four blocks away from his home in Chicago.
According to reports, Eric Crawford was placed on life support after being sent to the hospital, however doctors were left with no choice but to make the tough decision to switch the machines off.
Eric’s mother, Patricia Deates, spoke from her son’s bedside at Stroger Hospital in Chicago to say: “Eric is a wonderful, bright child.”
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The Chicago Sun Times reports that Eric was about to go to the eighth grade, and had many passions including riding his bike and playing video games.
The young teen was out riding his bike when he was shot by someone in the backseat of a white SUV. Eric was hit in his neck and head.
Police have since speculated that the shooting may have been a gang retaliation.
“The subject was riding his bike when it looks like a rival gang was following him and targeting him, and shot him and fled the area,” Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference.
Eric’s mom, meanwhile, denied that her son was in a gang, though admitted gang members had tried to recruit him.
“Yes, they have. And I blame them. Every single one of them,” she said, when asked if Eric had been the subject of approaches from nearby gangs.
According to a GoFundMe page, his family stated he was simply “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
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Featured image and facebook image credited to Patricia Deates
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