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Photographs of Tyshawn Lee are on display at
his visitation at Haven of Rest church in the South Chicago neighborhood Nov.
9, 2015.
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9-yr-old
killed in gang shooting; but what’s most HORRIFIC is father’s reaction
2:43pm
November 7, 2015
It’s hard to imagine violence on the
streets of Chicago could get any worse, but it may have just hit an all time
low even for that city. We’ve commented on the dire situation here several
times, most recently after Chicago had its deadliest month.
And it’s almost impossible to read
through the news on Monday without hearing that Chicago street violence has hit
another all time high. But now MSN reports that the lowest of the low in society –gang members
— have actually set a new record by killing a 9-year-old boy in a gang-related
hit:
Nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee was targeted because of his father’s gang ties, lured into a South Side alley Monday afternoon and executed, Chicago police officials said Thursday.Speaking at the edge of the alley where Tyshawn was shot multiple times, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy called the slaying “probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime” he had seen in his 35 years in law enforcement.McCarthy said police believe Tyshawn was killed because of his father’s gang ties and a recent series of shootings between rival gangs.Tyshawn, a fourth-grader at Joplin Elementary School who loved to play basketball, was walking to his grandmother’s house Monday afternoon when police said he was lured to the alley in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue and shot repeatedly.A basketball he always carried with him was found nearby.McCarthy told reporters that Stokes might know who killed his son but that he has refused to cooperate with police. When investigators approached him, Stokes responded with words that “you can’t say … on TV,” McCarthy said.Earlier Thursday, Stokes showed up at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for a status hearing on a felony gun charge he faces. His attorney didn’t appear, so the judge gave him a continuance after Stokes mentioned “my son was killed.”According to court records, Stokes pleaded guilty to armed robbery in mid-2011 and was sentenced to six years in state prison.”
This may be
one of the most tragic stories of inner city violence and the breakdown of the
black family we’ve ever seen. Here is an innocent child gunned down potentially
for his father’s crimes – and the father won’t even help track down the child’s
killer.
It’s
obvious to everyone in the nation that the mayor of Chicago, the Chicago Police
Department, and Cook County officials are incapable of defending the citizens
of Chicago. It’s time to call in the National Guard. Chicago is a war zone.
[Note: This
article was written by former law enforcement officer, Ashley Edwardson]
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Tyshawn
Lee
(January
23, 2006 to November 2, 2015)
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SOURCE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154666259]
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SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/27/arrest-reported-in-execution-style-killing-chicago-boy/
Arrest in execution-style killing of Chicago boy, 9
Published
November 27, 2015
Chicago police announced Friday the
arrest of a known gang member in the "heinous" execution-style murder
of a 9-year-old boy, a crime that shocked a city familiar with senseless
violence.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy
said Tyshawn Lee was lured into a south side alley and killed earlier this
month to get back at his father, a member of a rival gang.
“Tyshawn Lee was failed on many levels
but at the end of the day our detectives were unrelenting in the pursuit of
justice,” McCarthy said at a news conference.
Corey Morgan, 27, was arrested on a
first degree murder charge, he told reporters.
McCarthy said Morgan is a “documented”
gang member, and a convicted felon with a history of violence.
Police said Tyshawn was killed by
Morgan and two gang cohorts.
Chicago cops say an arrest has been
made in killing of Tyshawn Lee, 9.
They said they are also looking for
Kevin Edwards and the other, who was not identified, was in custody on an
unrelated charge.
“Who pulled the trigger is being
worked on,” McCarthy said.
He said detectives were able to crack
the case in part with help from the community, but not Tyshawn's father, Pierre
Stokes.
“Not at all. Not at all," the top
cop said when asked about Stoke's helpfulness.
Police said the three suspects spoke
to Tyshawn in a park and then walked him off into the alley.
“It’s truly an act of barbarism,” said
Chief of Detectives Dean Andrews. “It’s a 9-year-old who was targeted and
executed."
The gang Morgan the other two suspects
belonged to was not identified.
"That gang just signed its own
death warrant," McCarthy said.
Morgan was “a person of interest” in
the case days after the killing, Fox
32 reported.
On Nov. 17 he was charged with an
unrelated crime, possession of a firearm by a felon.
Morgan was ordered held on $1 million
bond, but then released when he was able to post $100,000 in cash.
The station reported that Tyshawn was
shot in the right temple and the bullet went through his left temple, according
to a Nov. 3 autopsy report reviewed by the Chicago Sun Times.
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SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3336326/Suspect-arrested-gang-related-revenge-shooting-death-9-year-old-Tyshawn-Lee.html
How
three gangsters 'lured nine-year-old boy from playground and executed him in an
alleyway in revenge for another attack'
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Tyshawn Lee, nine, was murdered by three gang members on
November 9
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He was on playground swings in Chicago when the men
approached him
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They lured him down an alley near his grandmother's
home
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Tyshawn was shot in the temple and tried to block the
bullets with his hands, partially severing his thumb, an autopsy found
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Corey Morgan, 27, was charged with first degree murder on
Friday
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He and two other men had been looking for targets after
Morgan's brother was killed by a rival gang
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Tyshawn's father is allegedly part of that gang,
investigators claim
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Police are holding another man on a gun charge and are
looking for a third suspect - Kevin Edwards
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Gang responsible for the murder will 'be obliterated', police
vowed
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Three
gangsters allegedly lured Tyshawn Lee to his death after spotting the
nine-year-old boy in a playground following weeks of searching for a victim to
exact revenge on for another gang-related attack.
Investigators
claim Corey Morgan, 27, and two other men went out armed every day looking for
potential targets after a shooting by a rival gang in October killed his
brother and injured his mother.
Morgan -
who was charged with first-degree murder on Friday - said he 'was going to kill
grandmas, mamas, kids and all', according to court documents.
One of the
three men approached Tyshawn - possibly because of his father's alleged gang
affiliation - after seeing him put his basketball down as he climbed onto
swings in a playground, prosecutors said.
The man led
Tyshawn down a nearby alley while two other men followed in an SUV,
investigators allege.
The nine
year old was shot three times at close range, including once in the head and
once in the back.
The third
bullet severed the top of the boy's right thumb, suggesting he tried to block
the gunshots, his autopsy found.
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Tyshawn Lee, 9, was executed by Chicago gang
members and police have charged one gang member so far and looking for one
member who is at large. Another gang member is in custody on unrelated charges,
so there are three suspects in all.
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Morgan was
questioned earlier this month and was re-arrested and charged with murder on
Friday. His attorney Jonathan Brayman said Morgan 'absolutely denies' being
involved in the fourth-grader's death.
Of the two
other men, one is in custody on a gun charge and remains unidentified.
Meanwhile
police are looking for Kevin Edwards, who investigators believe was involved
with the shooting.
Police
Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the three men's precise roles were still
under investigation, but that they were all members of the same gang.
'They're
going to be obliterated. That gang just signed its own death warrant,' McCarthy
said on Friday. 'We’re going to go and destroy that gang.'
McCarthy also praised locals who had overcome fears of retaliation from gangs to tip off the police.
He said:
'If you have a monster who's willing to assassinate a nine-year-old, what is
that person likely to do if they know that somebody's cooperating with the
case?'
Speaking of
Edwards, who is believed to still be in Chicago, McCarthy added: 'Quite
frankly, in a heinous crime like this, he's probably better off if we catch him
than somebody else.'
Authorities
said Morgan was a convicted felon with an extensive violent criminal history.
He has a prior conviction for aggravated unlawful use of weapon and was
sentenced to two years of probation. In a pending case, he was charged with
unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
Detectives
have not recovered the murder weapon, but they believe only one person fired
because all the spent bullet casings were from a single gun, McCarthy
said.
An autopsy
report that was released last week showed fourth-grader was struck in the
temple, likely from a close range, and his right thumb was partially severed
Bullets also
grazed the child's back, right forearm and right hand. In all, seven shell
casings were found at the scene.
Chicago
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy called the shooting 'probably the most abhorrent,
cowardly, unfathomable crime that I've witnessed in 35 years of
policing.'
Tyshawn's
death came after a series of gang-related shootings in the neighborhood, one of
which claimed the life of Morgan's brother, 25-year-old Tracy Morgan.
Investigators
said Tyshawn was lured into the alley near his grandmother's house and killed
execution-style in retaliation against his father, 25-year-old Pierre
Stokes.
Tracy
Morgan and Stokes were in rival street gangs, the Black P Stones and the
Gangster Disciples, according to police. Stokes father has denied this, as well
as doing anything to provoke Tyshawn's murder.
Tracy
Morgan, a member of the Terror Dome faction of the Black P Stones, was killed
on October 13 after leaving a meeting hosted by police to discourage gang
members from committing acts of violence.
Morgan's
mother, who was in the car with him at the time, was wounded in the
shooting.
Five days
after Tyshawn's death, a member of the rival Killa Ward faction of the Gangster
Disciples was wounded in a shooting that also left 19-year-old Brianna Jenkins
dead, according to police. Corey Morgan's rap sheet includes a previous
conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Dwight
Boone-Doty, 21, was arrested alongside Morgan. Both were allegedly carrying
guns at the time.
Boone-Doty
had been out on parole since August in connection to an unrelated drug and
weapons case. Both men have young children and work construction jobs.
Ballistics
experts will be testing the two handguns seized from Morgan and Boone-Doty to
see they are tied to any crimes, reported ABC 7 Chicago.
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Tyshawn
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(January
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Mother of
Tyshawn Lee Has Message for Suspect in Son's Killing: 'Turn Yourself In'
In court Wednesday,
Morgan was surrounded by heavy security, including sheriff’s police in SWAT
gear
For
Karla Lee, keeping tabs on her son’s accused murderer is a grim task.
“I’m
looking at the man who killed my son, so it just brings chills to me,” she
said.
· Man Charged With Murder in 'Assassination' of Tyshawn Lee
Lee
is the mother of Tyshawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who police say was lured from a
Chicago park and “assassinated” as part of a raging gang war on the city’s
South Side.
Police
have charged 27-year-old Corey Morgan with murder in the young boy’s
execution-style shooting and believe two other suspects were also involved.
· Emanuel: 'We Are Better as a City Than What We Have Seen'
A
second suspect is in custody on an unrelated gun charge and police are
searching for a third suspect, who they identified as Kevin Edwards.
Morgan
has repeatedly denied having any involvement in Tyshawn’s murder, but each time
he appears in court, Lee says she is there.
· Bobby Rush Says Former Gang Leaders 'Upset'
In
court Wednesday, Morgan was surrounded by heavy security, including sheriff’s
police in SWAT gear.
He
said nothing as Judge James Brown assigned him a new court date in a hearing
that lasted roughly 45 seconds.
· Person Questioned in Tyshawn Lee Investigation: Sources
“Nothing
is going to change,” she said. “I’m still hurt. I’m still crying. I’m still
grieving. So, nothing will change. I don’t think it ever will. Just to know
they won’t be outside to do this to anyone else, that makes me a littler
happier.
Lee
also appealed to Edwards outside the court building Wednesday, asking him to
turn himself in to police.
“Kevin
Edwards you need to turn yourself in,” she said. “You just need to do the right
thing and turn yourself in.”
Dawn
Valenti, a crisis responder who assists families in the aftermath of a
homicide, said there is still a $56,000 reward for the arrest of the people
responsible for Tyshawn’s murder.
Morgan
is due back in court on Dec. 28.
Published at
6:21 PM CST on Dec 16, 2015 | Updated at 6:42 PM CST on Dec 16, 2015
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