Mary Fields, wounded in a May shooting, talks about gun violence around her North Lawndale home

Mary Fields, 59, a resident of North Lawndale, chats with the Chicago Sun-Times about gun violence in her neighborhood. Fields suffered a graze wound to the forehead in a shooting on May 18 in front of her home in the 1300 block of South Lawndale. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

[@gabe-po9yi]

Can you imagine having to live like this?! God bless her and others faced with this type of environment. It costs a lot of money to move (deposit, first and last month’s rent, moving expenses, deposit to get gas/electric turned on, etc.), so it’s not like people can just pack up and leave.

[@keepitallthewayfunky3448]

gabe 25 I honestly can’t imagine. I live in Ontario Canada this happens couple times a month not a day. I thought I worry about my sons.. dam.