we're here, as i look out into the crowd, i just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention, because that's who really deserves the amount of attention that we're giving to this particular incident. >> mr. superintendent, you are exactly right. the families whose children, whose parents, whose brothers, sisters, whose nearest and dearest have been taken away from them by gun violence, they deserve attention. "chicago sun-times" reports 2,948 people were shot in chicago last year. this young man was working to stop violence in the wake of the parkland shooting.