Calumet City, Illinois:  At Approximately 3:15p.m. a young man was shot on Yates Ave. near the intersection with State St. 

 

I was watching the NBA Playoffs when 2 loud gunshots rang out!  The blasts were so close to my building that I heard the echoes reverberating off of the brickwork.  I got up to look outside, and I saw a young man bleeding, and rolling prone into the street.  He was screamng for help, and trying to get cars to stop -- and no one would!  They all just drove right by him!  I screamed for my daughter!  She got on the phone to call 911; while I threw on my clothes to go help.  After seeing that callous shit from those car drivers, there was no way in hell that I was going to sit back and do nothing while he died!  I ran outside with the intention of applying direct pressure until an ambulance could arrive.  When I got to the young man he'd  rolled all the way across the street, and into a busy stripmall parking lot.   Officer Dimitroff of the Calumet City Police Department was on scene when I got there.  A bloodtrail led from the lawn on my side to the victim's eventual ending spot.  No suspects are in custody. 

 

Because I was there the police wanted a statement from me.  My daughter is so scared about gang retaliation because I went to help; and, because people saw me talking to the law.  I'm not thinking about that!  Firstly, I don't know anything about what happened, who did it or why.  Secondly, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP TRYING TO BE BETTER THAN HUMAN BECAUSE OTHERS WANT TO ACT WORSE THAN ANIMALS!!!  If I see someone needing help, I'm going to help if I can.