Next Step goes to the front lines of gun violence in Minneapolis, starting with the shooting victims Advocate helps gunshot victims recover, avoid retaliation. January 30, 2021 3:42pm Text size Copy shortlink:
He can tell you who was shot here.
Driving along W. Broadway in north Minneapolis, Farji Shaheer talks about a woman who took a bullet through her Dodge Durango in this very spot. He tells the story of a 10-year-old who was shot in the back seat of his mother s car. He speaks of the teenager who was about to leave for college when rivals shot up his house.
Shaheer, 41, is on his way to visit yet another man recovering from gunshots at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale. In a few hours he will go home to his great-nephew, who survived a shooting of his own. All the while, he fields calls from others shattered by gunfire.