VIOLENCE IS AN ONGOING THREAT IN CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS 321 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.

MANY VICTIMS SLEEP BEHIND LOVED ONES WHO ARE LEFT TO COPE WITH THE AFTERMATH.

BUT A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS HELPING FAMILIES THROUGH THE GRIEVING PROCESS.

WE WE'LL SEE NIGHT WHEN TOLD THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, I LOVE ENOUGH AND ALSO KNOW THAT TIME.

THIS IS JOB OR HERNANDEZ BREAK DANCING BREAKING SAYING PUT BUT BUT ON ON PULSE OF NBA'S THE IF THE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT IT A SIMPLE PIECE WITH YOU.

GILBERT WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED HIS SISTER, IRIS OF NON.

THIS SAYS IT'S A HEARTBREAK.

YOU NEVER GET OVER.

NOT BE ABLE TO COME INTO HIS ROOM AND SHARING THE NEWS WITH HIM MORE.

HAVE A GOOD CRY WITH HIM AND IT'S MORE SO JUST FEELING THAT ABSENCE NOW IN THE HOUSE AND THAT QUIET, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY.

THE FAMILY HAS BEEN RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM CHICAGO SURVIVORS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS.

THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS A RANGE OF FREE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE FROM COUNSELING TO LEGAL AID.

WHEN THE ARE GOING GUEST, LOCAL MUSCLE GROWTH.

I'VE BEEN THAT.

SIESTA ON THE COMEAUX JOE BIRDS, PARENTS AND PROSECUTORS SAY HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BY 2 MEN WHO STOLE HIS CAR.

IRIS AS THE ORGANIZATION'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIT IS HELPING THEM THROUGH THE COURT CASE.

S 2 MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH HIS DEATH.

THERE WASN'T FOR THEM.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH OTHER MOTHERS AND FAMILIES THAT RECOGNIZE THE PAIN AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS LIKE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY CONFUSING, HAS A LOT TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS OF WHAT THE COURTS ARE.

WHAT'S GOING CHICAGO SURVIVORS WAS FOUNDED IN 2010, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SHAUN HILL BEGAN AS A SOCIAL WORKER DRIVEN BY THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER TO GUN VIOLENCE.

IT'S REALLY A FIRE FROM WITHIN ME BECAUSE MY BROTHER AND HIS LIFE WAS WORTH WHAT I SEE TODAY AND I GET TO OF THE GOOD TIMES AND I GET TO REALLY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABOUT A RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE WHEN IT WASN'T THERE FOR ME.

HILL SAYS THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY RESPONDING TO A HOMICIDE SCENES AND PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.

GROSS I LOVE IS ALSO RECEIVING SERVICES.

HER SON WAS KILLED LAST YEAR.

HE HAD JUST LEFT THE HOUSE BECAME COPS AND STUFF IMMEDIATELY.

I HEARD THE ON 11/26/2023, 19 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BUT I DO WAS FATALLY SHOT JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER'S HOME HILL IS MAKING A HOME VISIT.

TELL ME ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU WANT US TO KNOW IN THE WORLD SATURDAY'S OF THE STORY BY KUZ.

HE'S BEING GIVEN THAT STORY.

MY SON WAS OR AND I HAD TO TOP OF BUT HE WAS ONE WHO GATHER HELPING FAMILY MEMBERS FEEL HEARD IS WHAT HILL SAYS.

CHICAGO SURVIVORS IS PROVIDING.

HE STARTED BEFORE HE WAS 18.

WHY DID TELL YOU WANT TO TIME?

HE LIKES HELPING PEOPLE FOR SOME OF US SAYS HER SON WAS EMBRACING A NEW LIFE WORKING TO BETTER HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS KILLED LEAVING BEHIND A DAUGHTER.

HE NEVER GOT TO MEET.

IT'S HARD SUPPLE SMITH STRONG AS PRESIDENT.

I'M ALWAYS THINKING, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE OTHER 6 KHAN SAYS JUST LIKE HOW CAN YOU TAKE THAT PAIN AWAY FROM YOUR KIDS?

THE SIDELINE, HER CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY IN THERAPY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

WE CAN PROVIDE SOME PRACTICES IDEAS, BUT REALLY THE CREATIVITY OF HEALING IS INDIVIDUAL LIKE.

AND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.

AND WE'RE HERE IS A BREACH CHICAGO SURVIVORS TO HELP YOU FIGURE THAT OUT.

FIND YOUR WAY AND LET YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.

THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY SAY THEY FOUND HEALING BY CREATING AN ORGANIZATION IN HONOR.

GILBERT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MY BROTHER WAS TRULY THE LIGHT IN OUR WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED TO NAME THE NONPROFIT.

BUT LOU SAID THAT JOB AND IN ENGLISH, WE COLLEGE LIGHT.

HE'S DANCING.

NAME IS JULES.

AND IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM REFLECTED THE WAY THAT HE WAS A TOOL TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW HIM THROUGH CHICAGO SURVIVORS.

THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER GROUPS TO ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BREAK DANCING NO, YOU THEN WILL IT'S COME ON THAT DATE YEAH.

MORE THAN A BBA.

I OR D A. I SAID, OK, I SEEN A LOOK AT 8 OF THE CICADAS, THE 50'S.

GOOD IDEA.

I WANT TO THANK THESE FAMILIES FOR SHARING THEIR STORIES FROM OR CHICAGO SURVIVORS.

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UP NEXT, A NEW REPORT SHOWS A DISTURBING TREND IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

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