A man was charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl in South Lawndale.
Anthony Heredia, 19, was charged with first degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon, Chicago police said.
He was scheduled to appear in bond court Sunday.
Heredia allegedly approached Tierra Franklin on a bike and fatally shot her near the parking lot of a business in the 2500 block of South Kolin Avenue July 1, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Just after 3 p.m., Franklin was struck in the torso by gunfire and went to St. Anthony Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.
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