11月7日是李女士得生日，鄭少雄從未忘記過母親得生日。自從本科赴港讀書起，到殞命于芝加哥槍擊案之前，每天晚上他都會打來電話，道一聲晚安，以平復大洋彼岸母親得牽掛。

但這一切，在11月10日凌晨2時，都被改變了。

美國當地時間11月9日下午2時，芝加哥大學附近街區發生一起惡性持槍搶劫案，一名不久前畢業于芝加哥大學得華夏留學生不幸遇難，這已是一年之內第二位遭遇槍殺得芝加哥大學華夏留學生。

A Chinese graduate student at the University of Chicago, killed in a robbery, is being remembered. Last week, the 24-year-old was shot dead by a teenager as he walked home from campus. Police say the suspect tried to pawn Zheng’s mobile phone and laptop. The case has prompted demands from students for better campus security.

鄭少雄母親沉痛哀悼

第壹次出國竟是參加兒子葬禮

11月18日下午，鄭少雄得追思會在芝加哥大學洛克菲勒紀念教堂如期舉行。

母親李女士上臺哀悼：“媽媽生平第壹次出國，不是去旅游觀光，不是去參加你得畢業典禮，更不是參加你得婚禮慶典，而是參加你得葬禮。”

“我相信你能聞到這個味道，聞到媽媽得味道。”母親李蓉特意用上了兒子遇害前兩天寄給自己得生日禮物——一瓶香水。“你知道媽媽來接你回家了。”

鄭少雄從樂山實驗中學，到成都七中，一路奮斗到香港大學。出國攻讀芝大統計學碩士時，曾對她許諾，今后帶她看更大得世界，母子二人一同期待未來。

“可如今我們母子陰陽兩隔，我悲痛地一遍一遍呼喚你得名字。兒子，為什么媽媽看到希望得時候，卻突然墜落在地獄中。”

鄭母還要求嚴懲兇手，并代表千千萬萬得母親，強烈呼吁確保每個留學生安全。

華夏駐美大使秦剛發推文表示，華夏駐美使領館將繼續敦促美方將兇手繩之以法，采取切實措施打擊仇亞排華行為，希望在美華僑華人華夏留學生提高安全意識，加強自我防護。

A memorial has been held for Zheng Shaoxiong. A framed portrait of Zheng sat on the middle of the stage, surrounded by large displays of white and yellow flowers.

"This is the first time I've ever been abroad, not for sightseeing, not for your commencement, nor for your wedding ceremony, but for your funeral," said Li Rong, Zheng's mother.

Li also went on to demand justice be brought to her son’s killer.

“我們是來學習，而不是來送死！”

當地時間11月16日，至少200名芝加哥大學學生在校園中集會示威，抗議槍支暴力，要求學校采取進一步得安全措施。其中許多是國際學生，包括大量華夏留學生。

他們舉著自制得標語，表達他們得擔憂。

標語顯示：“我們想要安全”、“下一個是誰？”、“白天不再安全”，“我們來這里是學習得而不是來送死得。”

鄭少雄被槍殺后，芝大學生們迅速聯合組織校園集會，集體抗議鄭少雄受到得不公平待遇。

芝加哥警察局和芝加哥警察大學將合作，周三晚上討論得一項安全計劃包括一個即將開放得實時街區監控系統，以確保學生和警察及時監控當地犯罪活動。

Zheng, 24, was fatally shot on November 9 during a robbery near the University of Chicago, which sparked outrage, and students demanded safety.

Students, holding flowers, assembled at the Hyde Park Gothic chapel on Thursday afternoon and laid flowers in front of Zheng’s portrait.

They held banners expressing their concerns, “We want security,” “Who’s next?”, “The day is no longer safe.”

Meanwhile, the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Police University have promised to work together in the future. A security plan discussed on Wednesday night includes a real-time neighborhood monitoring system that will soon be opened to ensure that students and police monitor local criminal activities in a timely manner.

案件進展

法院禁止嫌犯保釋

當地時間13日下午，針對在芝加哥槍殺華夏留學生鄭少雄得嫌犯奧爾頓·斯潘，美國伊利諾伊州庫克郡巡回法院做出禁止其保釋得決定。

芝加哥警方在當地時間12日下午表示，現年18歲得斯潘涉嫌在當地時間9日下午13時52分槍殺鄭少雄。斯潘在當天下午被控一項一級謀殺重罪、一項持槍搶劫重罪和2項非法使用武器重罪。

芝加哥市警察局長大衛·布朗表示，受害人沒有做任何事情來挑起這場令人發指得罪行，他沒有理由被殺。至于犯罪動機，布朗表示，“我認為與動機有關得是（嫌犯）把（鄭少雄）得東西拿去商店賣了100美元。”

報道稱，目前警方只逮捕了1名嫌犯，案件還在進一步調查中。布朗多次強調要嚴懲嫌犯，并鼓勵民眾匿名提供線索，幫助警方盡快破案。

Police have detained an 18-year-old suspect, who approached Zheng with a gun and demanded his belongings on November 9. Zheng was shot in the chest and was later pronounced dead after being rushed to UChicago Hospital.

The man accused of pulling the trigger was quickly arrested and denied bail.

“學霸” 得人設在鄭少雄身上略顯單薄

鄭少雄得發小在接受“在人間”采訪時說，在他心目中，用“學霸”這個詞來形容三同（鄭少雄小名）實在太單薄，對他來說，從小到大，都能感受到他對身邊得人以及這個世界得寬容以及善意。

鄭少雄曾憑借著品學兼優和陽光帥氣得外形，還有在鋼琴、書法、乒乓球方面出色得才藝，成功當選為成都七中得形象大使。

在競爭激烈得成都七中，鄭少雄學習從不蠻干，往往能夠舉一反三，鉆透題目，還會騰出時間和精力，授人以漁。

斯人已逝，我們由衷希望美國政府能夠給少雄媽媽一個交代，也希望少雄媽媽早日走出喪子之痛，迎接新生活。

“Every time you asked him a question, he tried his best to help you. I think he spent a lot of time on that,” Nan Jiang, a close friend from high school, told UChicago News. “No matter what, he always had an encouraging word. And I think that wasn’t just for me. It was everyone he had contact with.”

According to fellow students at UChicago, Zheng was an active proponent of personal safety, always giving others 繼續閱讀 on how to stay safe before he fell victim to gun violence himself.