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COURT.
HERE'S HER REPORT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A PERFECT
NIGHT FOR A LATE NIGHT OF
BASKETBALL, PERFECT UNTIL THE
SHATTERING SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE.
>> I HEARD THE SHOTS, LIKE 20
SHOTS.
>> Reporter: PANIC AND
PANDEMONIUM SPREAD QUICKLY.
>> A LOT OF POLICE AND
AMBULANCE, A LOT OF PEOPLE,
EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: THE BASKETBALL GAME
WAS IN FULL SWING.
ABOUT 10:15, A GUNMAN WALKED
ONTO THE COURT AND OPENED FIRE
USING A HIGH POWERED ASSAULT
RIFLE.
PEOPLE FELL WHERE THEY WERE AND
OTHERS RAN FOR COVER.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE HIT AND
3-YEAR-OLD BOY.
HE WAS SHOT NEAR THE EAR, THE
BULLET EXITING HIS CHEEK.
MIRACULOUSLY HE SURVIVED.
HIS GRANDMOTHER IS STILL REELING
FROM THEM SHOOTING OF HER SON
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
>> IT NEEDS TO STOP.
Y'ALL OUT HERE KILLING THESE
INNOCENT PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE
SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO, AREA KNOWN
AS BACK OF THE YARD.
A LOT OF GANG PEOPLE AND
SHOOTING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
SIMPLY DON'T COME OUT AFTER
DARK.
>> BASED ON EVIDENCE AND
INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES, THIS
APPEARS TO BE A GANG RELATED
SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: TURF WARS ARE
FIERCE AND CHICAGO'S MEN HAVE
BECOME DESENSITIZED SAYS PASTOR
COREY BROOKS.
IS IT GANG RELATED?
>> I'M SURE IF THE INDIVIDUAL
DOES NOT TURN THEMSELVES IN, IT
COULD MEAN MORE GUNFIRE AND
RETALIATION.
>> Reporter: RETALIATION,
REVENGE AND A CYCLE OF ***
WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
>> DEBORAH JOINS US FROM
CHICAGO.
13 VICTIMS IN ONE PLACE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THEIR
CONDITIONS?
>> WE CAN.
THE 3-YEAR-OLD BOY UNDERWENT TWO
SURGERIES TODAY.
THE PASTOR SAYS IT'S NOT CLEAR
WHAT LONG TERM DAMAGE HE WILL
SUFFER.