Marilyn Castro and her daughter Eternity, came from Allentown, PA aunt Ruthie Zayas for the summer. Zayas and Castro moved from the Chicagoland area 14 years ago in order to escape the gang violence associated with the streets of Chicago. Unfortunately that reality came to life this weekend when Eternity Gaddy died Labor Day morning after being shot in the head while hanging out with family and friends in Humboldt Park on Homan and Potomac when shots were fired from about 30 yards into the alley around 2 a.m. August 31. They had just spent the evening celebrating because Eternity and her family were planning to board a Greyhound bus Sunday morning for Allentown.
"When the night hits, it's a different world out here monsters come out" a neighbor on Potomac said the news rattled the block mostly because the victim is a child. Gunfire is so common that parents do not go out after dark with their children for fear of gang members who "sneak out of gangways." In an attempt to remind parents and guardians about curfew laws Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis released a statement August 29 pointing out just how dangerous the streets get after dark. Since the beginning of the year, 63 juveniles have been shot after curfew.
source-chicago tribune
Nations known in the area Latin Kings and Vice Lords
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