Deborah Flores

And I just remember being in the kitchen. It was one of my son's friends. And they said, I think you better come outside. I think someone just shot Aaron. I just dropped the phone and I ran to my boyfriend and I said, someone just called here and said to go outside because somebody shot Anton. And I ran. I ran towards the door. We didn't know what had been going on outside.

And I just remember being in the kitchen. It was one of my son's friends. And they said, I think you better come outside. I think someone just shot Aaron. I just dropped the phone and I ran to my boyfriend and I said, someone just called here and said to go outside because somebody shot Anton. And I ran. I ran towards the door. We didn't know what had been going on outside.

We didn't know if there was any danger out there still. I didn't care. I just wanted to get to my son. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was just lights and sirens everywhere. Fire trucks, ambulance. The street was blocked off. There was crime scene tape tied around everything. All the neighbors were outside. There were police just walking the streets with flashlights.

We didn't know if there was any danger out there still. I didn't care. I just wanted to get to my son. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was just lights and sirens everywhere. Fire trucks, ambulance. The street was blocked off. There was crime scene tape tied around everything. All the neighbors were outside. There were police just walking the streets with flashlights.

Where they took my son, not knowing if he was even alive. I tried not to think of the worst, only because I just couldn't process if that was the truth. I was just in shock. Have you ever seen the Charlie Brown cartoon on TV at Christmastime? The voice, it's not even... Words, it's just sound. That's what I heard.

Where they took my son, not knowing if he was even alive. I tried not to think of the worst, only because I just couldn't process if that was the truth. I was just in shock. Have you ever seen the Charlie Brown cartoon on TV at Christmastime? The voice, it's not even... Words, it's just sound. That's what I heard.

thing around me was just spinning really fast. I didn't feel anything. I was numb, almost too much for one person to even bear because it's the most tragic, just horrific thing that can happen to a parent. It's not supposed to happen.

thing around me was just spinning really fast. I didn't feel anything. I was numb, almost too much for one person to even bear because it's the most tragic, just horrific thing that can happen to a parent. It's not supposed to happen.

They had us go to the police station because they wanted to question us to see if they could find out if we knew why this would have happened. They asked, you know, what we did that day, where he was during the day, who his friends were. I had given them every name of every kid that I thought he ever knew and their phone numbers by the time they were even asking me for it.

They had us go to the police station because they wanted to question us to see if they could find out if we knew why this would have happened. They asked, you know, what we did that day, where he was during the day, who his friends were. I had given them every name of every kid that I thought he ever knew and their phone numbers by the time they were even asking me for it.

I wanted them to hurry up and do their job. After we were there for about several hours, they finally let us go.

I wanted them to hurry up and do their job. After we were there for about several hours, they finally let us go.

I thought to myself that a lot of people get shot, you know, and survive. So why should my son be any different?

I thought to myself that a lot of people get shot, you know, and survive. So why should my son be any different?

One of the detectives told me that my son had died and I just lost control of everything. He just said it. I wanted out of there. I said, let me out of here. Just let me out of here. I was so angry. that I had been stuck there all that time while my son was in the hospital. And I had no idea when it had happened. Was he still alive when he got to the hospital? I don't know.

One of the detectives told me that my son had died and I just lost control of everything. He just said it. I wanted out of there. I said, let me out of here. Just let me out of here. I was so angry. that I had been stuck there all that time while my son was in the hospital. And I had no idea when it had happened. Was he still alive when he got to the hospital? I don't know.

Nobody's answering any of these questions for me. So I just collapsed. I couldn't walk. I couldn't say anything but sit there on the ground. Like I couldn't even get up. They all helped me up. My boyfriend, my dad, and my best friend.

Nobody's answering any of these questions for me. So I just collapsed. I couldn't walk. I couldn't say anything but sit there on the ground. Like I couldn't even get up. They all helped me up. My boyfriend, my dad, and my best friend.

When you first walk in, there's a room off to the side and they call it the quiet room. And that's where they put family members until the doctor comes to tell them that their loved one died. And it keeps them separate from the public in the waiting room. You can't really hear them crying. So when we got to the hospital, we walked in. One of my co-workers came around and

When you first walk in, there's a room off to the side and they call it the quiet room. And that's where they put family members until the doctor comes to tell them that their loved one died. And it keeps them separate from the public in the waiting room. You can't really hear them crying. So when we got to the hospital, we walked in. One of my co-workers came around and