Leticia Barrera Shot Dead While Trick-Or-Treating With 3 Young Kids in CHICAGO.
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Exerpts from Joanie Lum, and Kristyn Hartman CBS
(11/1/2007) Police are searching for suspects after a gunman shot and killed a pregnant woman while she was on her way home from trick-or-treating with her three children in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The victim was with her children just steps away from her own home when Halloween fun turned into tragedy. A vigil for victim Leticia Barrera concluded shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, neighborhood residents brought their children to the place where the mother of three was killed. At the foot of the steps leading to the home they say they're full of sorrow and frustration and are desperate for help to stop the shooting. Priests from several parishes joined local residents and Ceasefire outreach workers to pray for Barrera, the 32-year-old mother, who was seven months pregnant. She was standing at her gate last evening when she was shot. She had just taken her children, ages 7, 5 and 2 trick-or-treating. A neighbor ran out to help. "Me and the guy upstairs tried to help by calling 911," said neighbor Oscar Trujillo. Barrera's friend, Myrna Rojas, was with her when the victim was shot. Rojas described Barrera as a "very nice mom." Police said Barrera was just feet from the home she had decorated for the holiday when bullets started flying down the block. "It's sad," said neighbor John Castanuela. "You can't even trick-or-treat anymore." Castanuela described the deadly shooting that sent children running in fear. "They were just completely freaking; just running down the street scared, looking back to see what was going on," Castanuela said. A young witness said the scene was chaotic. "People were screaming and people were getting scared," said Francisco Flores. "They were running away because they didn't know what to do." Friends held Barrera while she lay dying. A family member says the children don't realize their mother is gone. "I don't know what their father is going to tell the children about this," the childrens' paternal uncle Lucio Flores said in Spanish. "I don't know what to say as their uncle." Witnesses saw two young men wearing Halloween masks running down Seeley Avenue. Police canvassed the area, asking residents for tips. Barrera's friend urged gang members to have compassion. "Bystanders pay for their actions but I hope nothing happens to them," Myrna Roja said in Spanish. "But I hope they stop because they cause others pain." Rojas has been watching over Barrera's children. She said Barrera tried to protect the children when she heard the shots. Barrera's husband was working in Florida at the time of the shooting, and is on his way back, Rojas said. Organizers of the gang intervention group Ceasefire say government budget cuts severely reduced their ability to reduce violence here. "Ordinarily we're prepared for it, talking to the guys to keep everything quiet," said the group's director, Gary Slutkin. Detectives believe Barrera was an unintended victim caught in gang gunfire. They say they are looking for two teens. Police reviewed the tape from the video surveillance camera on the corner. They hoped to see the suspects running past but say the video revealed very little.
We continually see Halloween promoting being scared, and fear as good fun things. I feel it's a terrible burden to have to treat an entire nation like a bunch of kindergartners! Anyway as you see these things highlighted in the above story you will find the ultimate TRUTH! Being scared, and Fear and Horror are Bad/Evil! Peace/Love, and Kindness are Good!
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