By. Z Leach – 51 – CCB Contributor

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Editors’ Note: 

This article is about the death of the author’s family member, which was reported on NBC 10 news on Jan. 27. These are the words of the deceased’s family member, a fifth grade student here at Conwell Middle Magnet School.

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I was born in 2012. I grew up in a very bad neighborhood where there was a lot of gun violence and other violence that no one my age should know about. 

At the beginning of this year, my older nephew passed away in a gun shooting. I found out by my mom calling me into her room. After hearing the horrible news, my brother and his girlfriend went to the hospital, and my nephew passed away. 

Seeing him lying there deceased at the hospital really broke my heart and made my family devastated. 

People think this world is a joke, but it’s not. It’s real to me, and people don’t understand what they’re doing to other people. 

All I’m saying is stop. 

There are several innocent people out here dying and getting hurt because people are making the wrong decisions. People really need to realize what they’re doing and how terrible they’re making this world.

I just want to live my life as a little kid and have peace. These days nobody can really have that because there are people out here making this world a bad place.

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Edited by E. Santiago – 61 – CCB Editorial Staff