9-Year-Old Boy Executed by Gang Members in Revenge Killing in Chicago, Prosecutors Say

9-Year-Old Boy Executed by Gang Members in Revenge Killing in Chicago, Prosecutors Say
9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times/File Photo via AP
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Two Chicago gang members executed a 9-year-old boy in a reprisal killing against his father’s rival gang, said prosecutors on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Tyshawn Lee, 9, was in his school uniform when three men came up to him in Nov. 2015, prosecutors said, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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