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Chicago Tribune: McCarthy says 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee targeted, lured into alley and executed

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McCarthy says 9-year-old boy targeted, lured into alley and executed

Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says Tyshawn Lee was targeted. (WGN-TV)

Jeremy GornerContact ReporterChicago Tribune

Top cop: Boy was targeted because of father's gang ties, lured into alley and executed

Nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee was targeted because of his father's gang ties, lured into a South Side alley Monday afternoon and executed, Chicago police officials said Thursday.

Speaking at the edge of the Gresham alley where Tyshawn was shot multiple times, Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy called the slaying "probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime" he had seen in his 35 years in law enforcement.

McCarthy said police believe Tyshawn was killed because of his father's gang ties and a recent series of shootings between rival gangs.

Law enforcement sources have told the Tribune that the bloody conflict involves rival factions of two of Chicago's oldest gangs — the Gangster Disciples and the Black P Stones. Police believe the Terror Dome faction of the Black P Stones targeted Pierre Stokes' son because his father, a convicted felon, reputedly belongs to the Gangster Disciples' Killa Ward faction.

Last month, a Killa Ward member was wounded and a teenage woman killed in a retaliatory shooting just days after a Terror Dome member was fatally shot and his mother wounded, according to police.

Tyshawn, a fourth-grader at Joplin Elementary School who loved to play basketball, was walking to his grandmother's house Monday afternoon when police said he was lured to the alley in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue and shot repeatedly. A basketball he always carried with him was found nearby.

McCarthy told reporters that Stokes might know who killed his son but that he has refused to cooperate with police. When investigators approached him, Stokes responded with words that "you can't say ... on TV," McCarthy said.

"I don't think he's a witness to it, so I'm not sure how he could help us, but I could tell you this, I'm a father, many of us here are fathers," McCarthy said. "My reaction would be a little bit different."

Stokes, who lives a few blocks away, was talking to a Chicago police officer near the scene of his son's killing when McCarthy's news conference ended. Reporters asked him to respond to McCarthy's comments.

"No, I don't think it was no retaliation because I never did nothing to — for nobody to hurt my son," he said.

Asked if he had the names of any suspects he could provide police, he answered, "No, I do not."

Earlier in the week, Stokes, 25, told the Tribune no one would have a motive to kill him, but if someone did there was no reason to take it out on his son because he's out in the neighborhood all the time. If anyone wanted to harm him, it wouldn't be difficult, he said.

"I'm not hard to find," Stokes said.

Chicago Police Department asks for community's help solving slaying of Tyshawn Lee. Nov. 5, 2015. (WGN-TV)

In the Tribune interview, Stokes did not talk specifically about whether he was a gang member but said he disagreed with what police have said about him. He also expressed frustration with Chicago police, saying investigators seem more interested in him than in finding who fatally shot Tyshawn.

"They're more worried about me. Why are you worried about me, not the killer?" Stokes said outside his residence in the Auburn-Gresham community. "I'm not the killer. Worry about the killer."

But Stokes said he did think his son was targeted, citing how he was shot multiple times.

Earlier Thursday, Stokes showed up at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for a status hearing on a felony gun charge he faces. His attorney didn't appear, so the judge gave him a continuance after Stokes mentioned "my son was killed."

According to court records, Stokes pleaded guilty to armed robbery in mid-2011 and was sentenced to six years in state prison.

Stokes was on parole in June 2014 when police responded to a call that a person had pulled a gun, records show. When officers arrived, he was spotted running into a residence in the 7900 block of South Wood Street with a gun in his hand, according to records. A loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic with a defaced serial number was recovered in the apartment, authorities alleged. Stokes was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. He has pleaded not guilty.

A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said police armed with search warrants raided at least three residences Wednesday night in Auburn-Gresham — including one tied to Stokes — in connection with Tyshawn's killing. The source said police were looking for drugs.

McCarthy said leads are pouring in from the community but investigators don't have the evidence yet to make an arrest.

A person of interest who had surrendered Monday evening with a lawyer was later released from Area South police headquarters after being questioned by detectives. McCarthy said the man refused to give a statement, so investigators had to let him go.

"We're pretty certain that we know exactly how it occurred. We know when it occurred. We're pretty certain that we even know the individuals involved," McCarthy told reporters. "But we need a little bit more to make sure that (an arrest) happens."

The reward money for information leading to Tyshawn's killer has risen to about $35,000, he said.

McCarthy said police believe Tyshawn's slaying was the latest in a series of "gang-related, violent events" between two gangs since at least August.

Law enforcement sources have said that police are looking into whether Tyshawn was killed in retaliation for his father's alleged role in a gang rivalry that resulted in at least two recent slayings on the South Side.

Tracey Morgan, a parolee, was fatally shot Oct. 13 after leaving a "gang call-in" meeting, an anti-violence effort by Chicago police and other law enforcement. His mother, who was also in the vehicle, was wounded by the gunfire. Police were investigating whether Morgan, a reputed member of the Terror Dome faction, was followed by a rival gang member who also attended the meeting in a Chatham neighborhood church.

Five days later, a member of the rival Killa Ward faction was wounded in a shooting near 78th and Honore streets in Gresham that also left 19-year-old Brianna Jenkins dead, according to police.

Even with the level of violence Chicago is experiencing this year — homicides and shootings each are up 18 percent through Oct. 25 compared with a year earlier — it is rare for young children to be targeted by gangs.

At the news conference, Deputy Chief Fred Waller, who heads patrol operations for much of the South Side, acknowledged frustration over Tyshawn's killing, especially because it occurred in the Gresham police district where he once served as a patrolman and its district commander.

Through October, the district has recorded 28 homicides, just two more than a year earlier, but it is tied for the second most killings among the city's 22 patrol districts, according to department statistics. Shooting incidents in the district have soared 32 percent to 140 so far this year.

"The (Gresham) District is my home," Waller said. "And I've never seen anything like this, so the frustration runs deep. All the officers, everybody is working doubly hard trying to find any type of leads or anything that we can do to try to solve this heinous crime."

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the activist pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church in Auburn-Gresham, told reporters that Tyshawn's death was a new low in Chicago violence.

"Now we're going to target family members? We're going to target mothers? We're going to target grandmothers? We're going to target babies?"

Chicago Tribune's Annie Sweeney and Steve Schmadeke contributed.

jgorner@tribpub.com

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Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada: Minister Fast Meets Chicago Mayor

 

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Minister Fast Meets Chicago Mayor

Photo (left to right): Minister Fast and Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago.

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January 17, 2014 - Chicago, Illinois - The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, meets Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago and former White House chief of staff, during a visit to the windy city.

The Minister and the mayor discussed the strong commercial ties between Chicago and Canada —Canadian-owned businesses operating in the Chicago area directly employ more than 24,000 Illinoisans.

Minister Fast invited the mayor to lead a trade mission to Canada and highlighted Canada's numerous investment advantages and rock-solid economic fundamentals.

Minister Fast, along with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, is in Chicago today to discuss the productive commercial relationship between Canada and the United States and to advance the Beyond the Border Action Plan. In addition, the Minister is holding a number of high-level private and public sector meetings to advocate for Canadian businesses and encourage U.S. investments in Canada.

For more information, please see Minister Fast Visits Chicago.

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Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada: Minister Fast Advances Beyond the Border Action Plan and Canadian Commercial Interests in Chicago

 

Subject: Minister Fast Advances Beyond the Border Action Plan and Canadian Commercial Interests in Chicago

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Minister Fast Advances Beyond the Border Action Plan and Canadian Commercial Interests in Chicago

Creating new jobs and opportunities for Canadians the Harper government's top priority
January 17, 2014 - Chicago, Illinois - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in Chicago today to reaffirm their shared commitment to the Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border Action Plan.
The two noted the results achieved during the past two years under the Beyond the Border Action Plan and restated a commitment to support their leaders by directing officials to redouble efforts to fully implement the initiatives to continue to create jobs and economic growth while ensuring shared security and prosperity.
The Declaration on a Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness, and its accompanying Beyond the Border Action Plan, announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama in 2011, are invaluable tools for developing innovative approaches to cooperation and border-clearance processes that will generate benefits for workers and businesses in both countries and enhance the North American production platform and enable it to soar to new heights within the fiercely competitive global economy.
Delivering on the Beyond the Border Action Plan initiatives is vital to strengthening economic competitiveness and securing increased flows of prosperity-generating goods, services and people. Minister Fast and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Pritzker are committed to achieving the long-term objectives of the Beyond the Border vision, by deepening engagement with stakeholders to further strengthen the Canada-U.S. partnership, the greatest economic relationship the world has ever known.

Quick Facts

• The value of Canada-U.S. bilateral trade in goods and services surpassed $742.5 billion in 2012, with over $2 billion worth of goods and services crossing the Canada-U.S. border every day—more than $1.4 million traded every single minute.
• More than 70 percent of Canada's exports go to the United States. Canada is the number one destination for exporters in 38 U.S. states.
• Two-way merchandise trade between Canada and Illinois was worth $57.3 billion in 2012, more than double the total value of trade between Canada and the United Kingdom, Canada's fourth-largest national merchandise trading partner.
• Canadian companies, in 17,000 U.S. locations, employ a total of more than 675,000 Americans.
• Illinois is the largest export destination for Canadian crude oil—the bulk of which goes to Midwestern refineries.

Quotes

"In our discussions, and in wider consultations with key industry and business leaders, we committed to deepening our engagement with Canadian and American stakeholders as we continue to move the Action Plan initiatives forward, recognizing that Canada and the United States have the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world, with two-way trade in goods and services surpassing $700 billion in 2012, supporting millions of jobs in both countries." - Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade

"U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and I noted that with more than 100 ports of entry, as well as our highly integrated supply chains, removing red tape and streamlining processes to ensure the efficient movement of people and goods are crucial to the daily lives of our citizens, the health of our communities and the competitiveness of our economies." - Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade

Associated Links

• Minister Fast Visits Chicago
• Beyond the Border Implementation Report - December 2013
• Beyond the Border Action Plan Implementation Report shows solid progress on trade, travel and security

Contacts

Rudy Husny
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Ed Fast
Minister of International Trade
613-992-7332
Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
613-995-1874
media@international.gc.ca
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