Two years ago, Sandra Parks, 13, wrote an award-winning essay about the
constant shootings in her hometown of Milwaukee and elsewhere, and the
emotional toll they have on young people like her. Two years after she
won an award for her essay, bullets shattered Sandra's bedroom window
as she watched television on Monday night. The stray bullet fired from
outside her home killed her instantly. "She took it like a soldier. She
just walked in the room and said, 'Mama, I'm shot'. The bullet wasn't
even for her." her sister, Tatiana Ingram said. Late Parks, who was in
eighth grade at Keefe Avenue School, wrote the essay in 2016, when she
was in sixth grade. The essay won third place in the contest."Little
children are victims of senseless gun violence. I sit back and I have to
escape from what I see and hear every day. When I do; I come to the
same conclusion; we are in a state of chaos. Our first truth is that we
must start caring about each other. We need to be empathetic and try to
walk in each other's shoes. We shall overcome, when we love ourselves
and the people around us. Then, we become our brothers keeper" she
wrote.Stray bullet kills 13-year-old girl who wrote an award-winning essay about gun violence
Two years ago, Sandra Parks, 13, wrote an award-winning essay about the
constant shootings in her hometown of Milwaukee and elsewhere, and the
emotional toll they have on young people like her. Two years after she
won an award for her essay, bullets shattered Sandra's bedroom window
as she watched television on Monday night. The stray bullet fired from
outside her home killed her instantly. "She took it like a soldier. She
just walked in the room and said, 'Mama, I'm shot'. The bullet wasn't
even for her." her sister, Tatiana Ingram said. Late Parks, who was in
eighth grade at Keefe Avenue School, wrote the essay in 2016, when she
was in sixth grade. The essay won third place in the contest."Little
children are victims of senseless gun violence. I sit back and I have to
escape from what I see and hear every day. When I do; I come to the
same conclusion; we are in a state of chaos. Our first truth is that we
must start caring about each other. We need to be empathetic and try to
walk in each other's shoes. We shall overcome, when we love ourselves
and the people around us. Then, we become our brothers keeper" she
wrote.
