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A 27-year-old Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder after police said he lured a 9-year-old boy into an alley and killed him to punish a rival gang.
Corey Morgan is expected to appear in court for a bond hearing Friday afternoon, the Cook County state's attorney office told BuzzFeed News.
Morgan was arrested early Friday following weeks of community outrage for the killing of Tyshawn Lee.
The boy was walking near his grandmother's house on the afternoon of Nov. 2. He was found shot multiple times in an alleyway.
A makeshift memorial where Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot in Chicago.
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Police later said that the boy's death was a targeted killing in retaliation for previous gang-related shootings. Lee's father, Pierre Stokes, told the Chicago Tribune that he didn't see why anyone who might have a problem with him would take it out violently against his son.
Morgan's brother was fatally shot in what police believe was a gang-related killing in October, the Tribune reported. He had been picked up from a gang "call-in" — a meeting organized by police to reduce gang violence — by his mother. She was injured in the shooting.
Following Tyshawn's death, Morgan was arrested on a weapons charge, but he was released from jail after making bail.
LINK: Chicago Police Say 9-Year-Old Boy Was Targeted And Lured By Shooter
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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