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"If I could be of any example, to help people who might be confronted with some situations that they don't know how to deal with it and think that carrying a gun is the best solution, I'm here to tell you right now, that it's the worst solution. Now he is hoping to spread his anti-gun message to young people, specifically in Chicago, where there have been 461 homicides so far in 2012, a large majority of the victims being African-Americans. He recalled the words of his grandfather who said, "If you show your gun, use it." His main job, ironically, is to make sure his students avoid danger at school and get home safely.īefore pulling out the gun that killed Ben Wilson, Moore says he didn't have anyone in his life telling him to avoid guns. Today, Moore works as a security guard for the Chicago charter school system. But who am I to say how you should feel about this situation? That was their brother. If you could find it in your heart to forgive me, I would welcome that. "The only thing I can tell you is that I didn't mean to do what happened. There's no right for me to tell you that you should continue to hold onto that," he said. "I would say that I understand how you feel. The two have never spoken to each other but if given the chance, what would Billy Moore say to Ben's brother? "I have forgiven my anger towards him and I hope that everyone who loved Benji would do the same," Wilson said. Jeff Wilson says he is willing to forgive, but he cannot absolve Moore for the murder of his brother. Moore hopes that one day the Wilson family will come to forgive him. "But if you kill, there is no tomorrow for that man. If you beat a man up, his wounds will heal," Wilson said. "If you rob a man, you can replace what you have taken. But he doesnt see it that way.īut to Jeff Wilson, who feels the permanent void of a brother he'll never get back - the crime is eternal, the loss indefinite. I would think it would be stupid for me to pick the biggest person that I have ever seen in my life to try and rob him in broad daylight, but thats what I was charged with attempted robbery and first-degree murder."Ī criminal is defined as "a person charged with and convicted of a crime." That would make Moore a criminal in the past, present and future. It was 12 oclock in the daytime, a half a block from a high school with people walking up and down the block in front of a busy store. He was standing in the grass." Moore explained. "Omar Dixon who went to prison with me had nothing to do with it. While Moore admits to killing Wilson, he maintains that he shot Wilson out of self-defense. His accomplice, Omar Dixon was given 30 years. Moore was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder and attempted armed robbery. They had a confrontation on a sidewalk just steps away from Simeon High School. But on that one afternoon, the dream ended. Wilson was expected to follow in Jordans footsteps. That life is gone forever."- Jeff Wilson on the loss of brother, Ben, 28 years agoBefore the shooting, Ben Wilson, at just 17 years old, was one of the most popular athletes in Chicago, comparable to Michael Jordan, an NBA rookie who was just starting his career with the Bulls. But if you kill, there is no tomorrow for that man. If you beat a man up, his wounds will heal. You ruined the lives of people waiting for him in college, the sports world, NBA, the whole city of Chicago." "I lost my brother who was like a father to me," Jeff Wilson told Comcast SportsNet. But almost three decades later, the result of Moore's crime is still being felt - especially to those in the Wilson family - like Ben's younger brother, Jeff - who walks around with a deep wound in his heart.
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