Jury deliberating in shooting case against Tyshawn Lee's father chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hours after chilling details of the slaying of his 9-year-old son were revealed in court, Pierre Stokes encountered the girlfriend of one of his son’s killers, prosecutors alleged Wednesday, then looked straight at her, threatened her and fired six shots. Stokes, 33, is accused of shooting and injuring the woman and her two adult nephews in March of 2016 to avenge the brutal killing of his .
Eight years ago this November, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee walked to his grandmother’s house wearing black jeans, an orange polo shirt and carrying a basketball. The boy, 83 pounds and 4-foot-8, was then lured into an alley by gang rivals of his father’s where he was shot in the head, police have said, revenge for an escalating gang feud that had resulted in at least two fatal shootings prior to .
Pierre Stokes is standing trial on charges of attempted murder in proceedings marked by the memory of Tyshawn. chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.