Robert Freeman, 13, Shot and Killed in Case of Mistaken Identity in Crime-Ridden South Side Chicago Neighborhood

Robert Freeman, 13, murdered in crime plagued Far South Side Chicago neighborhood in a case of mistaken identity, suspects still at large.

How could anyone murder a 13 year old child? Chicago police are seeking the person who killed 13 year old Robert Freeman Wednesday night on the Far South Side of the city. What makes this more tragic is the fact that the gunman reportedly shot the wrong kid, police sources said. Freeman died after being shot multiple times. Another innocent life taken so senselessly.

Dozens of youths were hanging out in the street at 8 p.m. Wednesday when the killers snuck through a thicket of overgrown weeds in an empty lot and opened fire, relatives said. Robert, who moved to West Pullman a few months earlier, had quickly established himself as a friendly face on the block, mowing lawns for pocket money and riding his bicycle with an infectious smile, neighbors said. He attended Oglesby Elementary School, but when his family moved he transferred him out of the Chicago school system in May. Source: Sun Times

Not to speak ill of the dead, but this wasn't Freeman's first brush with trouble, a police source said, according to the Chicago Sun Times. He was arrested fro allegedly throwing bricks at car windows earlier this summer. This doesn't justify why he was killed and as of Friday morning, no suspects are in police custody.It also doesn't help that the area in which the shooting occurred has been plagued with crime. According to the Sun Times, in the past two years there have been two other killings within a block of where Robert was killed. It is time the law enforcement bring Martial Law to the crime-ridden areas of Chicago. There are far too many innocent people, many children, losing their lives at the hands of a handful of thugs.