Mary Schmich: Two years after being shot, 12-year-old Tavon Tanner lives quietly with the scar
CHICAGO - Tavon Tanner walked outside, onto his front porch and into the summer morning.
"See?" he said.
It was Tuesday, the heat just beginning to rise, and he looked out toward the bungalows, the flowers and the clean sidewalks.
"The neighborhood is quiet here. You can hear the birds."
No sirens, no shouting, no loud music, no gunshots.
No fear.
The scariest thing in this neighborhood is the rabbits.
Except for the fact that it's an old, wooden porch, up a flight of stairs, Tavon's front porch on the Northwest Side is nothing like the porch where he was shot on a summer night two years ago.
Aug. 8, 2016.
