Brighton Park Gas Station Clerk Cheered After Giving Out Supplies To Protesters Tear-Gassed By Feds

BRIGHTON PARK — Narendra Byrapuneni wasn’t afraid when he heard shots ring out Saturday morning while working behind the counter at a gas station in Brighton Park.

“I’ve got the bulletproof glass here,” he said. “So when I hear shots, the first thing I do is go check the cameras. I stay inside, I don’t freak out. I live in a neighborhood where I hear shots a lot, and after living in America a few years, you get used to it.”

But Byrapuneni saw something unusual when he checked the security cameras that morning — several masked officers standing in the street, one of whom opened fire on a driver a few feet from Clark Gas Station, 3947 S. Kedzie Ave., where Byrapuneni works part-time…

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