SOUTH SHORE — A gazebo from a Cleveland park where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by police could end up in Chicago.
Tamir was in the park playing with a toy gun in 2014 when officers called to the scene fatally shot him, causing a public outcry.
The Cleveland City Council voted this week to allow the gazebo to be transferred to the Tamir Rice Foundation, where it'll be stored for up to six months, reports Cleveland.com.
There's a chance it will then move to Chicago's Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S. Stony Island Ave., a project spearheaded by artist Theaster Gates.
A Gates' Rebuild Foundation spokeswoman confirmed the artist is looking at bringing the gazebo to South Shore. But she said the talks are preliminary and nothing is final.
"We're having conversations about the gazebo, but at this point no decisions have been confirmed and we don't have any further news to share," Amy Schachman said.
The Rice family's attorney, Billy Joe Mills, told the Tribune that the family believes if the gazebo came to Chicago it could help foster peace.
"Rice's mother, Samaria Rice, hopes that it can become a place of 'mediation and reconciliation' in Chicago," Mills said, according to the Tribune.
The timing of the move and whether the gazebo would end up in Chicago temporarily or permanently is up in the air.
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