ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, August 25, 1996                TAG: 9608260119
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-5  EDITION: METRO 

A PROMISE TO HIMSELF

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  PHILIP HOLMAN Staff. Hurt Park resident Gary Hancock, 
          33, knows firsthand about gangs and violence. In a charge that was 
          later dropped, Hancock was accused of killing an 18-year-old during 
          a drug-related dispute. Shortly afterward, Hancock's younger brother
          was gunned down at an open-air crack market. "I decided I wanted to 
          change and that my brother wouldn't die in vain," he said. color.