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In emergency room. >> i remember my mother listening to the radio. it was approaching easter time. the program was interrupted to say that dr. king had been shot. it was very devastating. i was lost, how else can i describe it? i was deeply grieved. mama and i wept quietly together. >> she starts playing sam cooks, a change is going to come, over and over. ♪ ♪ ♪
The boy's grandmother said he is in stable condition. Police said they responded to the 1700-block of East 7th Avenue at about 2:45 a.m. for a report of a child shot. After they arrived, they were told that the boy had been shot three times. He was then airlifted to Comer Children's Hospital for treatment and his condition is not known. "I heard a gunshot, which woke me up. Then, I heard the babies crying, so I really didn't know what was going on," said Lashon Verge, neighbor. "I pray to god that he be okay and that he just pulls through everything because I'm sure he was really scared," Ver...