Three children were wounded in a 1999 shooting in Los Angeles . The incident occurred when two men opened fire on three children, ages 6, 7 and 8, at the home of their father who was visiting from Mexico. When Stepakoff was a young boy and put his house on lockdown , his parents could n't leave , even if they had to get to work . Now in their teens , the survivors say they were traumatized for years . `` I could n't be an average child , '' says Ben Kadish .
Three children were wounded in a 1999 shooting in Los Angeles . The incident occurred when two men opened fire on three children, ages 6, 7 and 8, at the home of their father who was visiting from Mexico. Now in their teens , the survivors say they were traumatized for years . `` I could n't be an average child , '' says Ben Kadish .