Chicago police announced Wednesday that two teenage boys were charged in a deadly drive-by shooting of a high school freshman who was gunned down on his way home from school.
Michael Brown, 15, was shot in the head and killed around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday as he was walking home from Chicago Military Academy at Bronzeville, where he was a freshman. Investigators believe Brown was walking by the sidewalk when a 16-year-old got out of a dark-colored car and fired several rounds at Brown before fleeing. Brown was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead.
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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown speaks at a news conference in Chicago July 27, 2020.
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Police tracked down the vehicle 30 minutes later and arrested the 16-year-old and his alleged 15-year-old accomplice Tuesday, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said at a press conference Wednesday.
The 16-year-old was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet from a prior criminal case at the time of his arrest, Brown said. The 16-year-old is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. The 15-year-old is charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
“No family, no block, no community in the City of Chicago should have to endure the looming threat of guns and gangs,” Brown said, according to WGN-TV. “This is a tragedy, there are too many incidents just like this. We’re losing too many young people, and it’s really saddening.”
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The two suspects were found in a vehicle stolen during a carjacking on the West Side earlier that day. Though the 16-year-old will be tried as an adult, his name was not immediately released. Both he and the 15-year-old are scheduled to appear for a bond hearing in Cook County Thursday.
