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Bill Conway Explains Service Record, Being ‘Fired Upon' in Afghanistan
Bill Conway is up with an ad in the race for Cook County state’s attorney in which he says he was fired upon while serving in the military overseas. “When I was in Afghanistan, I experienced the trauma of being fired upon,” Conway said in his ad that was released on Nov. 15. “It’s something I think about every...
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Tyshawn Lee's Father Found Guilty of Weapons Charges
The father of a 9-year-old murder victim has been convicted of gun charges less than a week after two Chicago men were convicted in his son’s death. A Cook County judge on Wednesday found Tyshawn Lee’s father, Pierre Stokes, guilty of gun possession and aggravated battery. The charges stemmed from a 2014 argument in which witnesses said Stokes flashed a...
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Second Guilty Verdict in 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee's Murder
A second guilty verdict was handed down on Friday in the 2015 killing of a 9-year-old in Chicago. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Jury Finds Man Accused of Planning Tyshawn Lee Murder Guilty
A jury on Friday announced a guilty verdict for the man accused of planning the brutal murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was lured into a Chicago alley and shot execution-style amid what authorities believe was a gang war.
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Man Found Guilty In Tyshawn Lee's Murder, Second Jury Still Deliberating
Nearly two weeks after it began, the trials for two men accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old Chicago boy point-blank in what prosecutors alleged stemmed from a gang war will soon be left to a jury.
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Opening Statements Delivered in Murder Trial for Pair Accused of Executing 9-Year-Old Boy Over Gang War
Opening statements began Tuesday in the murder trial for two men accused of killing 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee execution-style in Chicago in what prosecutors allege all began over a gang war.
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Trial Begins in Grisly 2015 Shooting of 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee
The murder trial begins Tuesday for two men charged with the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, whose shooting death shook Chicago to its core four years earlier. Tyshawn was a fourth-grader who was playing basketball in November 2015 when prosecutors say he was lured away from the playground with the promise of a juice box, only to be shot at...
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Testimony Begins in Murder Trial for Pair Accused of Executing 9-Year-Old Boy Over Gang War
In the second day of the murder trial for two men accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy point-blank in a Chicago alley in 2015, family of the young boy and multiple law enforcement officers took the stand.
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Trial to Begin in 9-Year-Old's Killing That Shocked Chicago
It stands as one of Chicago’s most horrific crimes, in large part because of small details that are impossible to shake: The promise of a juice box that lured the 9-year-old boy off a playground and into an alley, and the basketball he dropped when he was shot and killed there.
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Cook County Dems Endorse Kim Foxx for Re-Election
Cook County Democrats on Friday reportedly endorsed State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for re-election.
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Bill Conway is 1st to Enter Cook County State's Attorney Race
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has her first official opponent in the Democratic primary.
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Key Players in Trial of Chicago Officer Who Shot Black Teen
Here’s a look at some of the key players in the murder trial of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
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Van Dyke Verdict Raises Hope of Greater Police Accountability
A rare scene in the American justice system unfolded Friday in a Chicago courthouse: A white officer stood before a mostly white jury and was convicted of killing a black teenager.
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Juror Reveals When Van Dyke ‘Messed Up' in Trial
A juror describes the moment where Jason Van Dyke’s defense team “messed up” in his murder trial.