A North Lawndale, Chicago shooting killed 16-year-old Rishawn Hendricks. The college prep school he attended is remembering him.
Rishawn Hendricks, 16, was a star athlete and a scholar at North Lawndale College Prep's Collins Campus.Rishawn's basketball coach told ABC7 there are no words to describe the grief this school is facing.
Three-sport athlete and hardworking junior was shot in the 1200 block of South Fairfield just before 8:30 p.m., police said. Two people got out of a dark colored sedan and opened fire.Officials said Hendricks was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he died."You almost can't walk out of your house and everything has to be so structured in the youths' schedules just to make them feel safe," Redmond said.
He said children who are exposed to this level of violence need to speak with someone about how they are feeling so these experiences do not become normalized.