A lot of Somali boys that were killed in the streets weren't even gang affiliated. The ones in the gang move smart and are unlikely to get killed.
I myself even got shot almost three times but alhamdulillah the bullet never touched me.
I remember getting into a driveby. I remember my car getting shot multiple times so I had to speed up my car and I remember I got shot just outside the corner shop after getting a drink but I escaped, and luckily all the bullets missed me. Plus, I ain't part of no gang banger. I'm actually studying at a top university called University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine.
I just get shot for the wrong reasons because I was Somali so they assume I was some ciyaal suuq creeping on their block and it's sad wallahi.
Somali men in Toronto struggle for the wrong reasons but they still do their job without complaining. I think this is what our ancestors adopted which made us such a resilient people.