{"id":6050,"date":"2022-01-20T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=6050"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:53:06","slug":"hillside-high-production-captures-the-cost-of-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2022\/01\/20\/hillside-high-production-captures-the-cost-of-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillside High production captures the cost of gun violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
The trouble started when Hillside High School student Logan Lewis hopped off the stage and into the audience wielding a fake handgun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gunshots sounded, and a student actor on stage crumpled to the floor, dropping another fake handgun. The victim\u2019s friend picked up the gun and chased Lewis to his home where he pounded his fists on the door, screaming for his mother. More gunshots rang out, and Lewis\u2019 mother opened the door to find her son dead on her doorstep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the blink of an eye, the fictional community became a crime scene: Yellow tape wrapped around the porch and desperate sobs from huddled family members pierced the air, echoed by sniffles from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n