Victor Wells, who runs a program in North Chicago called X-Cons Save Our Kids, said he had been working with Starks and trying to help him find a construction job.Well he couldn't have been too bright. When you reach out, it's generally a good idea not to be pointing a gun at another human being with one hand while you clutch for his money with the other. And while he may not have found his path, he certainly had no trouble finding the pavement.
"This was a very bright young man," Wells said. "He was reaching out to find his path in life."
Starks was sent to prison in 2006 for residential burglary and school vandalism. He got a 4-year sentence and was two years into that sentence when he was paroled last month.
Based on results, the guy had a gun, had no reservations about initiating force with it and was within shooting range--on top of a demonstrable history of being a sociopathic creep with a criminal record for victimizing others. In other words, a perfect candidate for the Bradys to add to their "Another Child Gun Death" statistics...
[Via Tom H]