CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A 16-year-old boy will appear in bond court Thursday along with an alleged 15-year-old accomplice, both arrested in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy Tuesday in Bronzeville.
The 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult. He faces felony charges of first-degree murder and aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Michael Brown, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown announced Wednesday evening.
Another 15-year-old boy has been charged with felony possession of a stolen vehicle.
Both boys have not been identified because of their ages, despite the fact that the alleged shooter has been charged as an adult.
Michael Brown was on his way home from school when around 3:15 p.m. the 16-year-old boy got out of a dark-colored vehicle in the 3300 block of South Prairie Avenue and began shooting, the city’s top cop said.
“Obviously, it was targeted,” Supt. David Brown said.
Michael Brown was struck twice in the head and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The two teens were found in Englewood less than 30 minutes later in a vehicle reported stolen in West Garfield Park about an hour before the fatal shooting, police said.
"When arrested the 16-year-old offender was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet from previous cases," Brown said.
Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said the city’s carjacking task force was tracking the car when the shooting occurred and ultimately found it by using various technology, including license plate readers.
The teens were subsequently arrested.
“We’re losing too many young people, and it’s really sad,” Brown said. “There’s another family, another neighborhood, another community left to pick up the pieces after living their worst nightmare. No family, no block, no community in the City of Chicago should have to endure the looming threat of guns and gangs.”
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