Life of a Chicago rapper, part 1

for its similarities to Iraq in its murder rate and extremely high levels of gun violence. He was born on the south side of Chicago and was raised in the Parkw

t have enough evidence to charge him with her death. Barnes was apparently always a good student in school but grew up around gang violence. She would mock her rivals on social media and began to grow a following for it. After her brother, Tyquan Tyler was killed back in 2012, she apparently became ruthless and sought revenge for his death. She was allegedly responsible for multiple deaths and was in over 20 different shootings; Though her mother later said that when she asked Gakirah about the rumors she was hearing about her daughter, she denied them. On July 24th, 2014 Von and his friend, Big Mike were at a house party, where they ran into a rival gang member named Malcolm Stuckey. Stuckey was a member of the Gangster Disciples, or GD's, a gang notorious for their violent history with the rival BD's. Stuckey and another man were allegedly giving rude looks in Von's direction, and Von was not having the disrespect. He left the party with Big Mike and allegedly grabbed a .40 Smith & Wesson, and returned to the party, shooting at Stuckey and the other man who was standing outside, killing Stuckey and wounding the other man. Big Mike agreed to testify against Von and gave a statement to police, explaining that he and Von allegedly hopped out of the car and chased them down. Mike apparently shot one of the men in the foot, and Von allegedly shot the other in the face, breaking his jaw. Big Mike changed his mind and decided not to testify in court, an