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Tyshawn Lee was walking on Chicago’s south side when he was lured into an alley and killed, but his father, whose alleged gang ties are believed to have played a role in the boy’s murder, won’t talk, according to disgusted police who on Friday pleaded for the community to help identify Tyshawn’s killer.
Tyshawn, an elementary school student, was walking to a relative’s home at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday when the killer or killers lured him from a nearby park and into a neighborhood alley on the 8000 block of S. Damen Ave., where he was shot in the head and back.
Authorities have called on the child’s father, Pierre Stokes, to cooperate with them in solving the murder Monday that they described as “absolutely hateful.”
As of Friday morning, according to police, Stokes was not cooperating. “He emphatically communicated he has nothing to tell us,” Guglielmi said.
Guglielmi’s remarks come a day after the Chicago Police Department released chilling details about the child’s murder. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters during a press conference Thursday that Tyshawn was targeted because of recent violence between two gangs, one of which his father is a member.
Guglielmi said investigators initially thought the boy might have been “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” But the shock of the child’s murder prompted members of the community to come forward with information about his father’s gang affiliation.
Guglielmi said he knows the gangs involved but, “We need more people to come forward.”
A local Catholic priest has also said he’s committed to justice for the boy and offered to pay money out of his own pocket to help anyone with information move from Chicago.
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of Chicago’s St. Sabina Church and a well-known anti-violence activist said:
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of Chicago’s St. Sabina Church and a well-known anti-violence activist said:
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