"We need more guards to protect them,” she said.Ī Chicago Public Schools spokesman said security was posted at the host school and an escort took the kids from the school to the bus. But she said she was more worried about having a stronger police presence at games. Spears said, she too, wanted to show her support for the team Tuesday. ![]() "Why get mad at our team? It’s just a basketball game. "I was hurt by what happened," said Brittany Ramsey, 17, whose boyfriend is on the team. Jesus help them."įans at Tuesday's game said they came to show support for the team, although it's not the first time Dunbar kids have been shot while leaving a basketball game. "It could've been more tragic," she said. ![]() Her son, she said, "had a rough night of sleeping," but she knows things could have been worse. When her 16-year-old son told her about the violence, stay-at-home mom Priscilla Hunt said she felt "terrorized" and sympathetic to the victims. He said he heard shots fired at the bus as they were driving away. "We was fixin' to fight them during the game," Ross said Tuesday morning outside the school. ![]() Team center Eric Ross, 18, said tensions were rising during Monday's game. The suspects were flashing gang signs at the students before the shooting, sources said.
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