in 2003 diane latiker started kids off the block in her own neighborhood. >> right now we're on the farn the roosevelt community. we are in what people call the quote, unquote, wild 100. >> that's because chicago averages 1,800 shootings per year. last year, chicago had the second highest number of murders with 458. behind new york city with 471. >> a 13-year-old named robert freeman was shot 22 times two blocks from here. we heard part of the shots coming out because we were here late. in about ten seconds, we hear police and ambulances rolling down the block. everybody running, what's going on, you know? >> the shooting had a devastating impact on the kids in the community. >> it really concerned me when i saw you guys' faces after you saw he was shot 22 times, and you all looked really, really concerned. >> that scared me. >> i'm concerned for my nephews. that boy was 13. i've got a nephew who is 12. >> in 2007 near the center diane erected a shrine to memorialize the kids that died too soon. >> i was at home one day, and i saw the stones for the yard and it looked like little headst