Police say Tyshawn’s demise can be credited to two possess battling and retaliating against each other for quite a long time. The boy loved basketball, and was carrying a basketball when he was shot to death.
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Mourners are arriving for the funeral of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who police say was lured into an alley and executed because of his father’s gang connections. Police believe the dispute is also responsible for violence last month, in which a teenage woman was murdered and a member of Killa Ward was wounded after the murder of a Terror Dome member and the wounding of his mother.
The child’s father, Pierre Stokes, has denied authorities” claims and said he’s “not the gang-banger type’.
Activists have pledged $54,000 and relocation for information in Tyshawn’s slaying.
As of November 11, there had been 428 murders reported in Chicago in 2015. “Right now, as I see it, they’re part of the solution, not part of the problem”, said Rep. Bobby Rush. According to police, 2,500 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and over 390 have been killed.
‘Our children have a right to walk our streets. He fears that the code has been lifted, leaving “no boundaries”.
Illinois, former Black Panther Party spokesperson, went to Florence, Colorado today to ADMAX Prison, where Jeff Fort aka Abdulmalik Kabah, founder of the Black P Stones(EL Rukens) and Larry Hoover, the founder of the Gangster Disciples, are being held to discuss the horrific conditions in the war-torn streets of Chicago. Speaking to WLS, Rush quoted the men as saying, “Use my name. Tell those youngsters to stop the killing”.
The murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee led an IL congressman in search of peace to a supermax prison.
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During Tuesday’s service, the Rev. Michael Pfleger said the boy’s death is a wake-up call for the city. The Reverend Michael Pfleger told grievers it was “a new low for Chicago” and that the city “needs to face itself”.
