A FRIENDSHIP FORGED IN HOPE
For Willie “Timmy” Donald, February 27, 1992, was just an ordinary Thursday. Then 23, he spent a carefree afternoon with his older sister and her fiancé, tagging along as they went car shopping at multiple dealerships in the suburbs around their Gary, Indiana, hometown.
Meanwhile in Gary, a robbery spree was underway. A man with a gun was attacking six different families in their homes, demanding cash and fatally shooting one of his victims when he tried to resist.
The attacks occurred in Donald’s neighbourhood, but he didn’t even know they’d happened until five days later, when police appeared
