One of the more disturbing stories Ive read in awhile

[House of Wax]

I just can`t even wrap my head around stuff like this and comprehend it:

Chicago Police: 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee lured into alley, shot to death - CNN.com

CNN)A 9-year-old boy killed in Chicago this week was "lured" into an alley and shot in a gang-related attack, authorities said.

"Tyshawn Lee was murdered in probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime that I`ve witnessed in 35 years of policing," Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters Thursday.

"We`re pretty certain that this is not an accident. He was not a bystander."

The child was targeted, according to McCarthy, because of his "family relationship with a member of a gang."

When asked which family member, he identified the boy`s father.

"Tyshawn`s father has ties to a certain gang that is in conflict with another gang," McCarthy said.

The father, Pierre Stokes, is not cooperating with police.

He told the Chicago Tribune earlier this week that he thought his son`s shooting was deliberate.

"If it wasn`t a target, he wouldn`t have got hit so many times in the back and the face," said Stokes. "I think he was targeted."

The Chicago newspaper also reported that Stokes disagreed with what police have said about him, but did not talk specifically about whether he belonged to a gang.

McCarthy told reporters investigators believe Tyshawn`s death on Monday was the latest in a series of gang-related events that go back as far as August or earlier.

Police are looking for a number of people, he said, not just one person. No arrests have been made in Tyshawn`s case.

McCarthy asked anyone with information to step forward. Authorities are offering a $35,000 reward.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a priest and local faith leader in Chicago and outspoken advocate against gun violence, offered to pay to relocate any witnesses who feel they would be in danger for providing information.

"What happened to Tyshawn Lee took us to a new low," Pfleger said. "This wasn`t a drive-by. This was not a spray of bullets. A baby was executed. A baby was assassinated right behind us in this alley."

McCarthy agreed.

"This is a different level," the superintendent said. "These are noncombatants now being assassinated."



They can make all the new laws they want, but nothing will ever get any better until the filth is exterminated there. How do you do this to a child?

[512detail]

I really regret reading stories like this. this is half the reason I don`t watch the news.
Just horrible. Cowardly above all. etc.

[ShaneB]

Also why I choose not to follow the news. Sickening.

[Accumulator]

Not to trivialize it in any way, but that kind of abhorrent stuff has been going on forever, just not so much in the US. Or at least it wasn`t on the news the way anything that grabs attention is these days.

[House of Wax]

You`re probably right. I just don`t know what kind of subhuman scum could do this

[Ronkh]

Barbaric. About the only thing I could think of.

[dcjredline]

Sounds about normal to me. There are alot of off people out there. I also do not watch the news cause it makes me less and less confident in the human race.