Posted on 04/19/2016 8:49:05 AM PDT by simpson96
Damond Dawson was "goofing around" with his brother and other relatives and friends, rapping and shooting video in Foster Park when two gunmen 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."
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.
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.
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.(snip)
Some witnesses said the group was staging a party scene for a video titled “Two Tecs and a 50 Shot,” but Mathis-Tate said they were just having some fun in the park.
“He was really, you know, just goofing around, playing like he could rap a little bit,” she said. “He wasn’t no rapper. He was a newcomer just trying to say some lyrics.” He sometimes went by the name “Thugga,” according to family and friends.
Foster Park is trouble at night when gang members feud with those on the other side of Ashland Avenue, Mathis-Tate said.
“It’s always drama up there. Nothing but drama … I told my nephew, please don’t be going up to that park,” she said. “They say, ‘We’re not, we’re not,’
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Typical behavior for Chicongo.
Way to go, gizzard lip!
What a shame, another aspiring rapper’s life cut short. he coulda been the next 2-pack for all we know.
“the black ghetto is so dysfunctional”
It’s absolutely functional...as far as black ghettos are concerned.
Thug culture, ‘I told my nephew, don’t be going to that park’
thug-speak.
“Thugga”wone be clubbi’n no mo!
they don’t work...they refuse to work....they refuse to go to school unless they’re guaranteed passing grades withouts showing up to class...
Tough crowd.
I think maybe you should remind your dtr that her behavior could have resulted in three motherless children....all for a thrill...
of course some black professors think getting up early and going to class or work on time is a microagression aimed at the poor trampled down black class..
What rhymes with “Thugga”?
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