Chicago teen hit by stray bullet appeared in anti-violence video
A 13-year-old in Chicago who appeared in an anti-violence PSA last year was critically injured on Friday when a stray bullet hit him in the back.
Chicago Police officials said two groups started arguing in Zarriel Trotter's neighborhood, and one person pulled out a gun and started to fire. Trotter was not a part of either group, and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a stray bullet entered his back. He underwent surgery over the weekend, ABC News reports, and his current condition is unknown.
Trotter is in seventh grade at Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School, where he is a mentor and "great scholar," Principal Elizabeth Jamison-Dunn told ABC News. In the anti-violence video, Trotter said he didn't want to "live around my community where I've got to keep on hearing and hearing [that] people keep on getting shot, people keep on getting killed." Jamison-Dunn said she will be speaking with students about what happened to Trotter because "it can create a fear. We want to comfort our students and let them know we will do everything in our power to keep them safe." Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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