Police said the boy had been welcomed into the home as the acquaintance of a young man who was friends with the family.
CHICAGO -- A 16-year-old boy on Thursday was charged with shooting and killing three people last month in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.Just after 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, police responded to a home in the 8000 block of South Vincennes Avenue, where they found four people shot. Three of those victims died – including 14-year-old Amere Deese, 20-year-old Ladeverett West Ringgold, and an unnamed 36-year-old man – and a 16-year-old boy was seriously wounded, but expected to recover.
'In moments – in just a few moments – he forever changed the lives of surviving victims and those he killed. He has to be held accountable, period, that simple. There is no excuse for anyone to reach this level of violence,' Police Supt. Larry Snelling said.Police Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti said the boy charged in the shooting had been welcomed into the home as the acquaintance of a young man who was friends with the family.
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