MILWAUKEE — "I got that phone call Wednesday,” Kaydene Favors said.
It's a phone call no mother ever wants to answer.
"My nightmare had begun that he was shot,” Favors added.
Her 17-year-old son, Kaden Gregory was shot while visiting family in Milwaukee from Atlanta.
He is just days away from starting his senior year of high school in Atlanta.
The shooting happened on Tuesday, July 16th just after 10 p.m. on the 3900 block of N. 24th St.
"It's so random, the violence that's happening here with guns. It's just so random,” Favors said.
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That’s why this protective mom was nervous about her son visiting family in Milwaukee without her.
"He really wants to get to know his father’s side of the family who still lives in Milwaukee,” Favors explained.
Gregory was doing just that last week when he and his 20-year-old cousin were shot.
"The doctor told him two inches here it could have missed you and two inches there you could be dead,” Favors explained.
According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the man involved in the shooting that injured Gregory and his cousin was involved in another shooting on July 17th.
The shooter was hurt and arrested in a shoot-out with police at a gas station near Sherman and Capitol.
"It's just so senseless,” Favors said.
She can't help but think of what could have been while she sits by her son’s side in the Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Wisconsin.
"There are so many if onlys. If only I hadn't let him come in the first place. If only I had him come home earlier,” Favors said.
As she thinks about the what-ifs, she also reflects on the message she has for parents.
"It's easy to read about it and say okay not my kid, he's at home. Where I think as a community we just need to come together more and teach these young children that from our generation that guns are not the way,” Favors said.
In the meantime, she is focused on getting her son healthy enough to get home to Atlanta.
The family started this fundraiser to help raise money for these unexpected costs.
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