PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Two recent shootings in the same Phoenix neighborhood, both appearing to target teens, remain unsolved with no arrests made. <\/p>\n
It was just after dark when gunfire shattered a south Phoenix family\u2019s lives. Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Walke was doing what thousands of teens do, riding his bike to grab a burger<\/a>. But near 48th Street and Baseline Road, someone opened fire.<\/p>\n \u201cYou always think that something like this is never going to happen to you, your family or anyone you know and then when it does it\u2019s like you\u2019re slammed up against the wall and your breath is just gone,\u201d said Brenda Mallory, Jonathan\u2019s mom.<\/p>\n A bullet tore through Jonathan\u2019s back and left him fighting for his life. He spent days in the hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cWe took him home on the 27th of September thinking everything was going to be ok. After about a couple days he kept throwing up and was unable to keep anything down, including water,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n Just days ago, he was readmitted to drain fluid building in his abdomen, a setback that\u2019s becoming a pattern.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re going to drain that today sometime and there\u2019s a little bit of fluid in his liver and they\u2019re hoping that the antibiotics will get rid of that,\u201d Mallory said.<\/p>\n All of this while she continues to work with the police to learn who did this and why.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just need to get it out there so that people can turn in any information they have to get these people who are shooting our kids off the streets,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Last week, gunfire broke out again. This time, near 37th and La Salle streets<\/a>, where three teens were shot, one of whom didn\u2019t make it. <\/p>\n \u201cRight now I\u2019m glad my son\u2019s alive. My heart goes out to the families of the victims of the other shooting. I know exactly what they\u2019re going through,\u201d Mallory expressed.<\/p>\n Phoenix police confirm both investigations remain active and ongoing, with detectives following up on leads. But Mallory said that brings little comfort, because although her son may be alive, he still hasn\u2019t come back from that night.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n