South Bureau Homicide Page #9

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"Oh my God, Oh my God,

"this man has been shot,

this man has been shot."

And as I hear that,

I see the paramedics,

I see the fire truck,

and I see the police,

all go by me.

And in the phone, I'm hearing

the same thing but I'm lookin'

and I'm seein' it.

I get out the car, I start

runnin' down the street,

as I'm runnin' down the street,

they're putting a

blanket over this guy.

I call him on his

cell phone and ask,

I'm standin' there,

I see that phone, his

phone is lightin' up

under the blankets.

It's really tough

to sit through

and listen to the stories.

It's really difficult

to see the children,

but there's a certain connection,

especially with the kids.

You're the person, the

detectives are the folks,

that helped catch the bad guy,

that hurt my daddy, hurt

my mom, or shot my brother.

- The guy did get caught.

He got 120 years.

But to me, I still

don't have no closure,

because tomorrow, at my

son's Christmas party,

when he look out in the

audience, his dad is not there.

Because someone played

God and shot him

in the back of his head,

because of an argument.

It's a place like this,

I can come to and I can

express myself without

anybody trying to judge me.

'Cause when I try to

tell somebody else,

"Aw you gettin' over it,

you gettin' over it."

I said, "What do you

mean get over it, why?

He was shot in

front of his home,

because his daughter

was having a argument

with some little thugs.

And as being the

protector as he was,

he went outside to

see what was goin' on.

And as a result of

that, he lost his life.

There's that

frustrating part of,

"Wow, we've done so much,"

and people still have this

violent streak.

- And I miss him very much.

At the beginning it

was very hard for me.

I didn't know what

to do with myself.

I didn't know what to

do with my children,

how I was gonna do things.

And I did what everybody does.

Ask God, he's the only one.

He's the only one

that's gonna help us.

So I decided to

raise up,

get up, and keep on living.

It's different

for us grown-ups.

You know we understand,

it's a little more deep.

But for the kids,

to see 'em smile,

to be able to give

them somethin',

just on that day.

And not to be reminded that

they're comin' to the police

station for somethin'

bad, or some bad news.

That they're here

for somethin' good.

So I just wanna go

ahead right now and say

thank you to each one of you

for all the work that you do.

Perhaps the money doesn't come,

but you guys have

the best rewards,

and that's people like us being

grateful that you're here.

And I just want you guys,

as you guys go home,

think about all the

blessings that we do have.

And even though we don't have

our loved ones next to us,

but just their memories.

Are their memories

gonna keep them alive?

They're dead until we

use those memories,

and we don't wanna do that.

One murder just

effects hundreds of lives.

Whether it be the

victim's families,

the detective's families,

the neighborhood,

the community, the news media,

the churches, the hospitals.

There's so many lives effected

with the loss of one person

through violent death.

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