Fatal Shooting Calls for Action
‘My dearest son, traveling abroad for the first time in my life, I am not here to go sightseeing, nor to attend your graduation or wedding; I am here for your funeral,” Li Rong sobbed when speaking at her son’s memorial service thousands of miles away from home.
It was the ninth day after her 24-year-old son, Zheng Shaoxiong, a University of Chicago (UChicago) alumnus, was killed near campus. On November 9, Zheng, who had recently graduated from the university with a master’s in statistics, was on his way back to his rented room on a sidewalk in the Hyde Park neighborhood
