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Testimony Begins in Murder Trial for Pair Accused of Executing 9-Year-Old Boy Over Gang War
nbcchicago.com ^ | 9/18/2019 | kate chappell

Posted on 09/19/2019 6:20:59 PM PDT by bitt

The fourth-grader was playing basketball in November 2015 when prosecutors say he was lured away from a playground with a juice box, then shot at close range in an alley.

In the second day of the murder trial for two men accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy point-blank in a Chicago alley in 2015, family of the young boy and multiple law enforcement officers took the stand. Tyshawn Lee's grandmother was the first to testify, saying her grandson's last words to her were that he loved her.

"I wanted to go across the yellow line but police said no. I didn’t need to see that," she said. Tyshawn's uncle also took the stand, saying he too was at Lee's home that tragic day and saw his nephew on the ground after the shooting. He ultimately flagged down police. "I kind of lost it because I couldn’t, I mean it ain’t seem real to me," Brian Lee said.

Following the family were multiple Chicago officers, one of whom heard the shooting happen before he was flagged down by Brian Lee.

“Several gunshot wounds to the head area and a substantial amount of blood on the ground," Officer Herman Otero said while describing what he saw. A former detective, John Murray, said there were roughly seven .40 caliber cartridge casings surrounding the child's body at the scene.

A basketball lay just a few feet away, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; gangs; illinois; tyshawnlee

1 posted on 09/19/2019 6:20:59 PM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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the killers originally wanted to kill the grandmother but decided that torturing and murdering the 9 year old would make a bigger impact.


2 posted on 09/19/2019 6:22:09 PM PDT by bitt (Trump stole pancakes from his distant cousin. Huh.)
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To: bitt

Chicago values.

Effing savages.

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3 posted on 09/19/2019 6:23:51 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/9/18/20873082/tyshawn-lee-murder-trial-family-recalls-day-boy-killed

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/gang-executed-9-year-old-boy-retaliation/


4 posted on 09/19/2019 6:23:57 PM PDT by bitt (Trump stole pancakes from his distant cousin. Huh.)
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To: bitt

chi-congo


5 posted on 09/19/2019 6:34:46 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
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To: bitt

How very unusual for Chicago to prosecute the perp in a black-on-black shooting. There are hundreds every year.

https://heyjackass.com


6 posted on 09/19/2019 6:40:38 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Lurker

The death penalty was designed for cases like this. Some people are so truly evil, they dont deserve to live.

May this little angel’s murderers suffer a horrendous fate.


7 posted on 09/19/2019 6:43:00 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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https://abc7chicago.com/2-reluctant-witnesses-arrested-before-testifying-at-trial-for-murder-of-9-year-old-tyshawn-lee/5553592/

witnesses had to be arrested to testify. (amazing)


8 posted on 09/19/2019 6:43:30 PM PDT by bitt (Trump stole pancakes from his distant cousin. Huh.)
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To: bitt

https://abc7chicago.com/2-attempt-to-rob-cpd-officer-on-south-side/5551906/

check out the sidebar on the right for all the shooting stories


9 posted on 09/19/2019 6:44:31 PM PDT by bitt (Trump stole pancakes from his distant cousin. Huh.)
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Just teens participating in some innocent hijinks on their way home from the malt shop


10 posted on 09/19/2019 7:10:07 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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“The death penalty was designed for cases like this.”

Yep. It’s a pity we no longer have it here in Illinois.

L


11 posted on 09/19/2019 7:13:52 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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horrifying


12 posted on 09/20/2019 1:32:34 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Lurker
Well, Chicago Mayor Rom Emanuel said when Chic-Fil-A was denied a franchise, "Dan Cathy's values are not our values." You decide.
13 posted on 09/20/2019 6:38:18 AM PDT by sport
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