[Chicago Tribune] Damond Dawson was "goofing around" with his brother and other relatives and friends, rapping and shooting video in Foster Park when two gunnies opened fire early Tuesday, killing Dawson and wounding four others, according to police and relatives."Basically like an ambush," said Dawson's aunt, Angela Mathis-Tate, 44. "One coming west of the park and one coming south.
"I be tough,
I be bad,
Mess wid me,
You be sad..."
The shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. as Dawson, 23, and a small group were "rapping around (taking) selfies with their phones" at Foster Park at 1440 W. 84th St., according to relatives.
What was the lad doing out at 2:30 a.m.? Didn't he have to go to work in the morning?
Dawson was shot once in the back of the head and collapsed in the middle of the park, between a building and a playground. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
"I be shot,
In my head,
I lay down,
I be dead...!"
A 19-year-old woman was shot twice in the groin area and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center. Three other men took themselves to the same hospital: a 20-year-old man shot nine times in the leg and shoulder, a 25-year-old man grazed in the leg and an 18-year-old man grazed in the back. Their conditions were stabilized.
"I be shot,
In my groin,
My, dat hurt!
Blood be showin'!"