Next to him is his uncle, but despite his presence, he’s completely bewildered by what’s going on around him. He hears the prayers being said, but everything feels like it’s seeped in a thick fog. But this is his reality now. Because his Mommy and Daddy are dead. And he’s been left all alone in this world. All because of what the adults keep calling a drive-by shooting. People are swarmed around him—the family and the men his Daddy worked with.

He’s not sure exactly what Daddy did at work each day, but he thinks it’s why he and Mommy got shot. He chokes back his tears, trying to keep...