Gunned down while playing outside, Janari Ricks, 9, was 'an honor roll child'

CHICAGO - Janari Ricks loved math, and showed an aptitude for it, learning his multiplication tables early and reciting them easily, his parents said.

"He was an excellent student," his mother, Jalisa Ford, said. "He was an honor roll child."

Janari, 9, shined in school, and