Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A reputed member of a faction of the Gangster Disciples street gang, Khalil Yameen, has been charged in the deadly gang-related shooting of Tracey Morgan, who led to the execution-stye murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, Cook County prosecutors claim. After Yameen and another man killed Tracey Morgan and wounded Morgan’s … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times The alleged getaway driver connected to the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was ordered held without bond on Wednesday. Kevin Edwards was the third suspect to be charged, effectively closing the case that Cook County Judge James Brown said “shocked the city to its core.” “Actually, it shocked the … Read more →

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire The third man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in November was arrested in downstate Danville over the weekend. Kevin Edwards, 22, was stopped for a traffic violation Saturday night and arrested for resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer, according to the Vermilion … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A purported gang member was ordered held without bond Thursday for the 2013 murder of Shawntina Burpo, which was tied to the same gang rivalry that claimed the life of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. Kristian Taylor’s attorney, Michael Oppenheimer, said Burpo’s shooting death was “tangentially” connected to Tyshawn’s, while maintaining his … Read more →

By FRANK MAIN, STEFANO ESPOSITO and SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times A jailhouse informant provided the key evidence that led to charges against the alleged triggerman in the execution of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee and the murder of Brianna Jenkins, law enforcement sources said Tuesday. An inmate in the Cook County Jail told authorities that Dwright Boone-Doty … Read more →

A South Side man man was ordered held without bond Friday for the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, the Chicago. In addition to Corey Morgan, at least two others were involved in the fatal shooting after Tyshawn was lured into an alley while he was playing basketball nearby, authorities said. “This is a crime that … Read more →

By STEFANO ESPOSITO Chicago Sun-Times A man has been charged with the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Two other gang members are also involved with the murder, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said at a news conference. Corey Morgan was charged with first-degree murder for the Nov. 2 shooting, according to … Read more →

By FRANK MAIN and RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A person of interest in the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was ordered held on a $1 million bond Wednesday on an unrelated charge of being a felon in possession of a gun. Corey Morgan, 27, of the 7800 block of South Hoyne, was arrested Monday afternoon … Read more →

By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-Times A Harley-Davidson motorcycle arrived at St. Sabina Church on the South Side Tuesday morning towing a small red casket that contained the body of Tyshawn Lee—a 4th-grader whose name the city of Chicago, and many around the country, have come to know. The 9-year-old was lured into an Auburn Gresham … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 9 people died in a violent early November week in Chicago, including a 9-year-old boy fatally shot in an alley in Auburn Gresham; and a 14-year-old boy shot down on a sidewalk in Gage Park. The younger boy, Tyshawn Lee, was shot in an alley in the … Read more →

By MITCH DUDEK, JON SEIDEL and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times J-Quantae Riles and his mother and sister moved to Virginia a few months ago to get away from the violent streets of Chicago. But things in Virginia didn’t work out, so J-Quantae, 14; his mother and 7-year-old sister returned to the Gage Park neighborhood a … Read more →

By STEFANO ESPOSITO, FRANK MAIN AND FRAN SPIELMAN Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Police are investigating whether 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was shot repeatedly at close range and killed, was “lured and targeted” as part of a series of retaliatory gang killings, a law enforcement source said Tuesday. A Chicago Police source said Tyshawn, who was killed … Read more →

By STEFANO ESPOSITO and ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times Nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The boy was shot in an alley in the 8000 block of South Damen at 4:15 p.m., authorities said. At a news conference at Chicago Police headquarters Monday night, Dean … Read more →