Saturday, March 3, 2012

South Side honor student shot to death in front of home

He graduated with honors from John Hope High School in the springand was all set to leave Aug. 19 for his freshman year at SouthernIllinois University in Carbondale. But early Wednesday, five gunshotsrang out in front of 18-year-old Gregory Ward's South Side home,ending those college dreams.

No arrests have been made.

"People want to talk about 'that boy took him from us'," his oldersister, Jasmine Ward, said of the killer. "That boy didn't take him.God took him, because God only wants the best."

Police said Wednesday they had no motive in the Englewood killing.Ward's family say they can't fathom who would want to kill a quiet,bookish kid with impeccable …

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