During a gang war in a poor neighborhood of New York, the juvenile delinquent Zooman shoots and kills a 10-year-old girl. Fearing escalation, the police investigation is slow and reluctant. The girl's family is determined to bring the perpetrator to justice. While her father, Reuben Tate, tries to rouse the neighbors with posters, her brother, Victor, vows revenge... A realistic social study of the merciless law of the streets!