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WEBVTT FOR -- WITH HIS ANDWHO WISH THEY COULD HAVE TAKENTHE BULLET INSTEAD.>> I JUST WANT HIM BACK.THIS IS HEARTBREAKING.I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS PAIN.0 FOUR JASMINE JONES, THE PAINIS TOO MUCH TO BEAR.SHE'S STRUGGLING WITH THE LOSSOF HER NEPHEW.>> HE'S GONE TO HEAVEN FOR NOREASON.IT WAS NOT HIS TIME.0 HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDEHIS GRANDMOTHER'S HOME ONMILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE.>> I WISH I COULD HAVE TAKEN THEBULLET FOR HIM FOR TOP0 HE WASOUTSIDE PLAYING WHEN HE WAS SHOTAND FAMILY MEMBERS SAW THE WHOLETHING.>> HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE HEWANTED TO SAY BY OR SOMETHING.I WILL LIVE WITH THIS FOR THEREST OF MY LIFE.0 YOU CAN SEE STUFFED ANIMALSLYING HERE JUST OUT RIGHT HOME.HE WAS SHOT RIGHT HERE ON THESIDEWALK.HE RECENTLY GRADUATED FROMKINDERGARTEN AND LOVED TO GOFISHING.THEY CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SOMEONECOULD FIRE A GUN INTO ANEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF KIDS.>> TO PULL A GUN OUT AND PULLTHE TRIGGER AND MY NEPHEW HAD TOSUFFER FOR THIS.I SAW HIS FACE AND I KNEW HE WASGONE.>> THIS IS HEARTBREAKING.MY NEPHEW WAS SIX YEARS OLD.THE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE LIKETHIS ON THIS PORCH IN FRONT OFMY FACE.0 A LITTLE BOY GONE FAR TOO

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A 6-year-old boy shot in front of family members while playing outside on the city’s north side on Saturday evening crawled to the porch of his grandmother’s home and died, family members said Sunday.Justin Evans, Jr., who recently graduated kindergarten and who loved football, basketball and fishing, was hit by at least one bullet near North 23rd and West Nash streets. His aunt, Jasmine Jones, said she knew immediately that her nephew wasn’t going to make it.“The way he looked at me like he wanted to say, ‘Bye’ to me or something. Like, this hurts my heart. I have to live with this for the rest of my life,” she said. “This is heartbreaking. We can't take this. … He was innocent. He didn't deserve to die like this right here on this porch in front of my face.”The little boy’s grandmother said she wishes should could have taken the bullet instead.“I wish I would have seen it coming,” said Cindy Kloss. “This little boy has just gone to heaven for no reason and it wasn't his time.”Jones said she can’t believe someone would open fire in a neighborhood where children were enjoying a warm summer evening. “And you still pull a gun out and pull the trigger, and my nephew had to suffer for this? she said. “Just turn yourself in or something.”Police have no one in custody. Police said they’re working to identify a suspect. Family members scheduled a vigil for Justin for Sunday at 7 p.m.Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.