Antonio Johnson was on the front porch with his family when he was struck in the head by the bullet on Sunday.
As Chicago police search for the killers of a 15-year-old boy on the west side, his family sits at the bedside of his grandmother, who was given a new lease on life because of the shooting.
Antonio Johnson was killed in a flurry of bullets Sunday evening as he sat on the porch of his home in the 700 block of North Springfield. His mother was wounded in the drive-by attack.
Johnson had previously talked about his hope to offer a kidney to his maternal grandmother, who was, herself, a victim of gun violence 20 years ago.
“He said, 'Fine. It’s OK. It’s cool. I’ll give her one of mine,'' recalled the boy's grandfather, R.C. Wardlow.
And he did.
Read more and learn about the unusual twist: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shooting-victim-antonio-johnson-donate-kidney-grandmother-130818818.html#ixzz1ZOKwoQSS
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