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Chicago police
said the suspect, Dwight Boone-Doty, faces first degree murder
charges for firing the fatal shots at Tyshawn Lee last November.
At least three people were suspected of taking part in the
murder of Lee, a shooting that cast a spotlight on a spike in
violent crime in Chicago, the third-largest city in the United
States.
In the weeks following the killing, Corey Morgan, 27, of
Lansing, Illinois, was also charged with first degree murder.
Chicago police have planned a Tuesday press conference to
discuss the case.
The Cook County state's attorney's office couldn't immediately
be reached for comment about the charges.
Police have said the crime was linked to rivalry between Lee's
father, a suspected gang member, and another group, and was
connected to at least two other murders. The boy's father,
Pierre Stokes, has denied being involved in a gang.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy called Lee's
shooting "an act of barbarism" and said Morgan and the other
suspects were all members of the same gang.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere)
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