A teen who spent his free time speaking out against gun violence was shot and killed in Chicago

[oberliner]

A teenager dedicated to fighting Chicago's gun violence was shot and killed outside his brother's basketball practice, police and his family said.

Delmonte Johnson, 19, was on the sidewalk of a South Side street on Wednesday when someone shot him multiple times from a tan-colored car, police said.

"He laid there with his brother on the ground as he bled out from gunshot wounds... it's sad," his mother, Onique Walker, told CNN affiliate WLS.

Johnson was shot in the chest and stomach. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, WLS reported.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/08/us/chicago-activist-delmonte-johnson-killed/index.html

[smirkymonkey]

1. How awful!

This is just so sad. Such a good kid and he is yet another victim of gun violence. I am so damn sick of guns and those who promote them I could scream. RIP Delmonte.

[oberliner]

4. He seemed like a pretty amazing kid

Very depressing.

[pazzyanne]

2. OMG!

How terribly sad that someone so young and so enlightened should have this happen to them. Another death on you NRA.

[lark]

3. OMG, I wonder if he was targeted by some crazy trumper gun humper?

No evidence of that, but it's logical that it was either a gang banger or a trumper - both can be rage and hate filled.

[oberliner]

6. Certainly hope they catch the killer

I know there are groups offering reward money for any information.

[Kurt V.]

5. Terrible

[denvine]

7. So sad!!!!

The injustice of it all. Someone who has been speaking out about gun violence gets shot and killed, and meanwhile the organization responsible for having so many guns on the street poured one million $$$ into getting Kavanaugh confirmed. The rich mostly white assholes are sitting comfortably in their gated homes making money off of senseless killing and fighting every effort to curtail the violence.