[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING GWAIN BROWN

  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, Gwain Brown was 16 years old. He was a 
sophomore in high school in Chicago, IL, and he was all hyped up to 
throw himself the biggest 16th birthday party that his friends had ever 
seen. At the end of April, he was going to throw down. Yet, on April 1, 
he was standing in front of a gas station when a gunman opened fire and 
hit Gwain in the leg and the chest.
  One of his basketball teammates thought the initial news of Gwain's 
death was an April Fools' joke as it happened on April 1. So, when he 
heard about it, he just went back to sleep.
  His friends said Gwain was the life of the party and was so 
energetic. ``I was . . . with him . . . a week ago, and for that to 
happen in this time period, I'm just in shock.''
  At a vigil, his elementary school principal read an excerpt of 
something he had written well in school.
  Gwain wrote: ``I want to be a good son, always be there for my mom 
and always be there to take care of her.''

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