15-year-old killed in Chicago mass shooting had looked after visually impaired mother By STMW NEWS ‘We are in a battle for the heart and soul of these communities,’ top cop says after two mass shootings on West Side Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said many of the victims from two mass shootings on Wednesday were not cooperating with investigators. CHICAGO - Brittany Benson has trouble seeing and depended on her 15-year-old son Damarion for simple tasks. "I told him, ‘You are my eyes.’" she said. Wednesday evening she called Demarion and told him he needed to come home. "He said, ‘I know, I know. I love you, mom.’"