>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, %
MAURA. %
AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ALL THAT. %
WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. %
>> THANKS.
>> GUN VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS %
CHICAGO OF THE WEEKEND WITH %
MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE SHOT AND AT
LEAST 12 KILLED.
NBC NEWS REPORTER SHAQUILLE %
SPOKE WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WHO %
WAS ONCE A VICTIM OF THE %
VIOLENCE AND WE WANT TO WARN %
YOU, SOME OF THIS VIDEO MAY BE
DISTURBING.
>> SOME OF THE BEST TO BE %
AROUND.
>> Reporter: A DAY SHE WOULD %
NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FORGET. %
>> ALL LOOKED UP. %
MY FRIEND WAS LOOKING LIKE, HE %
GOT SHOT. %
HE IS SHOT. %
>> Reporter: MAY 31st, %
CHICAGO’S MOST VIOLENT DAY IN %
50 YEARS AGO. %
AT LEAST 48 PEOPLE SHOT, 18 %
KILLED. %
NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL %
TEMPERATURE 18-YEAR-OLD TEAUN %
IT LOST IN. %
AFTER IT SOCIALLY DISTANT GRADUATION CEREMONY, TIANA AND
GRADUATION CEREMONY, TIANA AND
HER FRIENDS EXITED A STAR AS %
THEY WAITED OUTSIDE IN LINE, A %
WHITE SUV PULLED UP AND SHUT. %
>> EVERYBODY IS TALKING AND FOR
ONE SECOND, I AM LOOKING AWAY
AND THEN BOOM. ON THE GROUND.
I HEARD SCREAMING. I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING, SHOOTING.
I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING, SHOOTING.
IN MY HEAD, -- YES.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH
ME. %
>> Reporter: THE CALLED 911. %
THE BULLET HITTING AN ARTERY % ABOVE HER ELBOW. %
ABOVE HER ELBOW. %
>> TWO MINUTES.
I’M LIKE, THEY ARE NOT COMING. %
>> IT WAS ONE OF 55,000 CALLS %
TO EMERGENCY OPERATORS THAT %
DAY. %
CITIES THAT AVERAGES ABOUT -- %
OFFICIALS SAY A 911 TRIED TO %
CALL BACK BUT WITHIN MINUTES, %
THEY WERE COMING. %
SHE LEFT WITH HER MOTHER.
>> MY MOM HURT ME SCREAMING. %
MOM, I’M SHOCK.
LIKE WHERE ARE YOU?. IN THE
WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S KILLING %
IN MINNEAPOLIS, CITIES ACROSS %
THE NATION FACE MASSIVE PROTESTS
AND WIDESPREAD LOOTING.
SHE SAYS ON THAT DAY, THOSE WHO
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE KIOSK,
FOR SURVIVAL.
>> I FELT THERE ARE SLOW DOWN. %
LIKE, MOM, WHY ARE YOU SLOWING %
DOWN AGAIN? %
I LOOKED UP. %
I SEE ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY %
MOM’S WAYBIG THEY ARE KICKING --
LIKE LAYING MY HEAD BACK.
>> Reporter: TIANA GREW UP IN %
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIAR TO
GUN VIOLENCE.
MASS SHOOTINGS ARE SURGING IN %
CITIES NATIONWIDE.
ALL GRAPPLING WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT
INCREASES IN SHOOTINGS. %
IN CHICAGO, WHILE OTHER CRIME %
IS DOWN, SHOOTINGS ARE UP 42% %
WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. %
>> I KNOW HOW IT FEELS.
BEING NEGLECTED BY PEOPLE. %
HOW DOES IT MAKE ME FEEL AND %
MAKES ME WANT TO DO.
SOME CHILDREN UNDERSTAND IT %
FEELS LIKE, MAYBE THIS IS NOT
THE RIGHT THING.
>> Reporter: CHICAGO POLICE % DEPARTMENT TELLS NBC NEWS THAT %
DEPARTMENT TELLS NBC NEWS THAT %
NO SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY FOR %
THE SHOOTING AND THAT %
DETECTIVES ARE STILL %
INVESTIGATING. %
DESPITE EARLY ACADEMIC %
STRUGGLES IN HIGH SCHOOL, TIANA
GRADUATES WITH HONORS AFTER %
FINDING HER FOCUS THROUGH %
ACTIVISM. %
AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND FOR %
THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO ROOT IT
OUT. %
>> MY NAME IS TIANA. %
WE ARE OUT HERE MARCHING FOR %
PEACE.
IT IS TIME TO STRIKE. %
>> Reporter: EVEN AFTER WHAT %
HAPPENED TO HER, SHE DOES NOT %
THINK -- %
>> WE NEED MORE ACTUAL HELP, %
LIKE, HOSPITALS AND MORE STORES
OR BETTER SCHOOLS OR CENTERS, %
LIKE, YOU DON’T NEED POLICE. %
>> Reporter: A PUSH TO
RESTRUCTURE CITY BUDGETS.
GOVERNMENT DOLLARS FROM POLICE
DEPARTMENTS TO COMMUNITY %
RESOURCES.
BECOMING CENTRAL TO PRESIDENT %
TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
>> DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE %
DEPARTMENT. %
WE ARE SORRY. %
BUT NO ONE IS HERE TO TAKE YOUR
CALL. %
>> LIKE, NOW, WHAT HAPPENED
WITH ME, PUT THAT MONEY
SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE IT %
MATTERS. %
>> WE’RE EXPERIENCE ROOTED IN %
THE NEAR FATAL COLLISION, SEEN %
NATIONALLY.
>> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR MY NAME, I
THEM TO TAKE ABOUT A
NEIGHBORHOOD HERO. I’M COMING TO SAVE MY HEARD. %