There were two activities Ja’Nylen Amir Greggs loved more than anything. Eating and playing basketball.
Carrying a can of Sprite in one hand and a piece of chicken in the other, the 12-year-old made the short walk from his southwest Atlanta apartment to the basketball court on a recent evening. A neighbor joked she wanted a bite of that chicken, but Nylen wasn’t sharing.
Moments later shortly after 7 p.m., neighbors heard gunshots. The happy boy with chubby cheeks had been struck while playing outside. Nylen, as he was called, was badly injured, but he tried to run home, falling down on the way…