The third man has been charged in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, effectively closing the case, Chicago Police announced Wednesday.
Kevin Edwards, 22, of the 10600 block of South Green Street, faces one count of first-degree murder, department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
Edwards was stopped for a traffic violation Saturday night and arrested for resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer, according to the Vermilion County sheriff’s office. He was held at the jail in Danville and was questioned by Chicago Police detectives.
Chicago Police coordinated with the sheriff’s office and transferred Edwards back to Chicago to answer for his involvement in the homicide of fourth grader Tyshawn Lee, Guglielmi said. A first-degree murder warrant has been out for Edwards’ arrest since about four weeks after Tyshawn’s slaying on Nov. 2, 2015.
“Formal charges for murder against Kevin Edwards, the final offender in the targeted execution of Tyshawn Lee have been officially filed,” Guglielmi said. “The case is now closed with the arrest of the three offenders.”
Dwright Boone-Doty, 22; and Corey Morgan, 27, have already been charged with the murder and remain held at Cook County Jail without bond.
Authorities have said Tyshawn was lured into an alley in Auburn Gresham’s 8000 block of South Damen and killed execution-style. Boone-Doty offered to take the boy to a store for candy and walked him down the alley before shooting him repeatedly at close range, Cook County prosecutors allege.
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Police have said Tyshawn was killed in retaliation for the Oct. 13 murder of Corey Morgan’s brother Tracey Morgan, 25, after he left a police-sponsored meeting of parolees whose goal was to resolve gang conflicts in the area. Corey Morgan, who belonged to a faction of the Black P-Stones gang, was named a “person of interest” shortly after Tyshawn’s murder. Pierre Stokes, Tyshawn’s father, allegedly, belonged to a faction of the rival Gangster Disciples.
Police have not detailed Edwards’ alleged involvement in the killing. It was not immediately known Wednesday morning when he was scheduled to appear in court.
