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In reply to the discussion: Men jump onto Chicago school bus and make Nazi threats against Jewish students [View all]greatauntoftriplets
(179,028 posts)In 1999, there was a series of shootings by a follower of Matthew Hale that terrorized West Rogers Park.
https://forward.com/culture/426735/white-supremacist-chicago-jews-ricky-byrdsong-benjamin-smith-1999/
Just before sunset on July 2, 1999, a Ford Crown Vic approached 15-year-old Ephraim Wolfe in Chicagos West Rogers Park.
A bullet had just torn a dime-sized hole in Wolfes leg, a couple of inches below the knee. The friend with whom hed been walking had run to a nearby house for help, and Wolfe was alone. He was bleeding badly, and his leg had swelled to twice its normal size, but his body was in shock, and he didnt feel any pain. Perhaps one minute had passed since hed dismissed two explosive pops from the window of a passing car as early July 4 fireworks, only to look down and see blood.
Wolfe watched the Crown Vic. It was driving the wrong way down the one-way street. He screamed for his friend, thinking that the gunman was back. And he said the Shema.