Last Tuesday classes ended at the Chicago Military Academy and Michael Brown, from 12 years old, was on his way home when an armed teenager in a pickup truck shot him several times in the head, according to the police.
“I heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” said Reginald Jones, a witness to the homicide, reported ABC 7 Chicago. “I texted my upstairs neighbor. ‘Man, are those shots?’ and he said: ‘Yes’”.
After receiving at least 10 gunshots, CBS Chicago reports, the high school freshman was rushed to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Thirty minutes later, Chicago police tracked down the suspects, young men from 12 and 16 years old, who supposedly had just steal the van they were traveling in, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference Wednesday.
“The young man of 16 years old was identified as the criminal who got out of a dark color and shot ”, said Superintendent Brown.
The suspect of 16 years, whose name He has been hidden because he is a minor, he was wearing an electronic monitoring anklet from a previous case, the superintendent added. Additionally, Brown said he doesn’t know if the suspected shooter and Michael knew each other, but acknowledged “it’s clear he was the target.”
The youth is expected to 16 years old is charged as an adult with first degree murder and felony motor vehicle theft, aggravated with a firearm fire. Details of his criminal past will be revealed when he appears in bond court on Thursday.
For his part, the 15 year old suspect is expected to be charged with possession of a stolen vehicle .
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