Prosecutors say 9-year-old was lured to his death by gang rivals of his father. Nearly four years later, two men are on trial for his execution-style killing
CHICAGO - On a cloudy night in April 2017, Chicago police officers patrolling West Englewood noticed a group shooting a makeshift music video in a vacant lot in the South Side neighborhood.
Spotting the squad car, the group took off running, tossing five semi-automatic handguns along South Wolcott Avenue as they fled, according to a police report.
Officers recovered and inventoried the pistols, a familiar routine in a city flooded with thousands of illegal firearms.
Further analysis led to a surprising discovery: One of the guns, a Smith & Wesson .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol, had been used in the infamous slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee about 1 1/2 years before and just 11 blocks away.
Cook County prosecutors say the fourth grader was lured into an alley in the Auburn Gresham community and shot at point-blank range in
