‘He didn’t get to live life’: Father spends birthday mourning son killed in South Chicago shooting

CHICAGO (WLS) — The household of 20-year-old David DeVeaux Jr. was left heartbroken and misplaced on Monday night time.

“He was me. That is all I can say,” stated the sufferer’s father, David DeVeaux Sr.

DeVeaux spent his sixtieth birthday mourning the lack of his solely son.

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“We went grocery procuring yesterday. He got here out and introduced within the groceries that we had been going to do for the barbecue at this time, and that was the final time I noticed him,” DeVeaux stated.

His son was gunned down at about 7 p.m. Sunday night time whereas sitting in entrance of a pal’s house within the 8600 block of South Kingston Avenue.

Three of his buddies had been additionally shot, one in every of them killed, when no less than two shooters, armed with a rifle and two handguns, walked up and opened hearth, police stated.

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“They only execute him for no motive. We do not even know what the reason being, if there’s a motive to shoot any individual after which to stroll away,” stated Rene Holman, the sufferer’s stepmother. “And it hurts a lot that he is gone. He did not get to reside life.”

South Chicago Pastor Tom Kennington stated all 4 victims labored for him at a church thrift retailer. He stated DeVeaux’s pal, additionally killed, was recognized by the medical expert as 18-year-old Jason Mundo. He was getting ready to maneuver downstate along with his household to flee Chicago’s violence.

“They had been all enthusiastic about shifting in two weeks, so it is simply very unhappy, disappointing, hurtful,” Kennington stated.

A motive for the taking pictures stays unclear. Police and DeVeaux’s household requested anybody with info to come back ahead.

“Do not be scared, as a result of it might probably occur to yours. It could occur to your youngster, your grandma, your auntie,” DeVeaux stated.