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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

One mother’s tears and anger for another mother’s senseless loss

Shanee Edwards-Keller, a mother of a 5-month-old, speaks during a news conference Friday in the 7700 block of South Shore Drive — a week after another 5-month-old child was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

The young man with bare, heavily inked arms paced along a stretch of South Shore Drive, an open Bible in one hand, its pages appearing to wilt in Friday’s muggy heat.

“This is not a way to live! This is not a way to live!” Lamon Reccord announced to anyone who would listen. A blanket, a case of bottled water, a can of bug repellent lay nearby on the sidewalk — supplies he said he’d need for the next five days of his protest.

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