Chicago Community Mourns 11-Year Old Victim Of Gun Violence

Meet Andrew Holmes, the man on the right wearing the “I’m a man.  I don’t need a gun” t-shirt.  He’s comforting a woman whose child was killed by a stray bullet fired in black-on-black violence in Chicago.

Who is Andrew Holmes?

Sun-Times photo.

He’s a “community activist” in Chicago, employed as a “crisis responder” thanks to a $1.7M, two year grant from the City of Chicago.

Violence seems to follow his family around.  Why is that, we wonder?

In late 2014, his nephew, Marquis Stewart, age 16, was shot in the chest along with a 15-year-old female companion.

His daughter was murdered in Indianapolis last year at around 2:30am.  She was out with friends wanting to get into Suite 38, but the bar wasn’t admitting anyone because of a massive bar fight.  The fight spilled out and the participants took that “dispute” to a nearby gas station.  Two people were killed in the ensuing gun battle and the witnesses scattered into the wind before police arrived, leaving Mr. Holmes’ 32-year-old daughter – an unmarried mother of five – to bleed out instead of providing care for her until medics could arrive.

Maybe he should invest in a gun and learn how to use it.

Because that t-shirt probably isn’t going to stop bullets.

8 thoughts on “HE’S A REAL MAN: Violence seems to follow Chicago anti-violence community activist Andrew Holmes’ family”
  1. Personally, I’d wager a $100 bill that he’s ineligible to own or carry a gun.

    He’s a failed parent as well. How many of us are out trying to get into a violence plagued, crappy ass club at 2:30am while our five illegitimate children are back at home? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

  2. You’re misreading the T-shirt. It really says “I’m a man. Don’t I need a gun?” I would answer in the affirmative.

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