they gang was from like 53 and harper and we from 52nd and drexler.g used to come down and he would shoot at us and it was like concrete jumping off the ground hitting the cars. because our two gangs was into it. that's the first time i even heard his name or knew about him. >> it didn't hurt so much for me as i did for brandon. he has uncles and grandfathers and cousins and what not that could help raise him but it's nothing like a dad. it was very young in heaven. that's all he know about his dad. is in and out of jail. >> happy birthday, man. >> thank you. >> the severity of the situation never hit me until 2:00ed in morning i get a call from the hospital across town that he'd been mugged. and i'm thinking, oh, how did that happen? they say, well, we're taking him to surgery. we'll call you when it's over. 9:00 the next morning, they call me, that he was finally out of surgery. so i talked to the doctor because hi worked at that hospital before. and he told me that somebody had mashed brad's hands just -- he said worst case he'd ever seen. he said