Her July 4th started with a panic attack. But they tear real holes in the lives of the friends and family left behind. These personal tragedies aren't seared on the national psyche like Columbine or Parkland or Sandy Hook. The country's enormous gun death toll – more than 45,000 in 2020, the last year with available data – is made up largely of lives taken one by one.
Scott was shot multiple times in the chest and leg in the early hours of July 4, according to police, and driven to the hospital where he died shortly after. "And then to be in a situation where his life is taken - over what, I still don't know." "How do you get out of that successfully? And I feel like he was taking small steps to be successful," Sommerville said. Sommerville said that in a lot of ways, Scott was battling life after losing his mother to gun violence at a young age. They just celebrated his graduation in April. Staff at Friendship House had helped Scott work his way through a self-paced high school diploma program. "He had a passion for using his hands," Sommerville said. Sommerville runs Peoria Friendship House, a community organization where Scott was enrolled in a career development program, working towards becoming a carpenter. Sommerville said Scott was a curious kid with an old soul.
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"I don't know how to feel, except I feel lost," said Marcellus Sommerville, who mentored the 19-year-old. His death didn't make national news, but it devastated the people who knew him. Scott was shot and killed in Peoria, a few hours away. On July 4 - the same day a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Ill. Note: This article discusses gun violence in all its forms, including suicide.įor every mass shooting that dominates the headlines, there are scores of deaths like Quinton Scott's that most people never hear about.
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