[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]A 12-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder Friday after he allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot a man four times during a street dice game in the pre-dawn hours on Chicago's Far South Side last Sunday.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy -- one of the youngest in recent memory to be charged with murder in Cook County -- continued firing even after the 26-year-old victim fell to the ground, a law enforcement source told the Chicago Sun-Times.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Deon McGary of Hazel Crest was shot in each shoulder, his right bicep and groin, another source said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy allegedly opened fire soon after McGary and the boy's cousin exchanged words and then tussled, sources said, but it wasn't clear what provoked the original argument.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy, a student at Avalon Park Elementary School, was charged days after he and his parents showed up at the Calumet Area police station on the Far South Side.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]'He's scared, upset'[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"I guess he's reacting like any 12-year-old child would act -- he's scared, upset, confused," said the boy's attorney, Steven Fine, who refused to discuss details of the case with a reporter.
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy -- one of the youngest in recent memory to be charged with murder in Cook County -- continued firing even after the 26-year-old victim fell to the ground, a law enforcement source told the Chicago Sun-Times.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Deon McGary of Hazel Crest was shot in each shoulder, his right bicep and groin, another source said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy allegedly opened fire soon after McGary and the boy's cousin exchanged words and then tussled, sources said, but it wasn't clear what provoked the original argument.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The boy, a student at Avalon Park Elementary School, was charged days after he and his parents showed up at the Calumet Area police station on the Far South Side.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]'He's scared, upset'[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"I guess he's reacting like any 12-year-old child would act -- he's scared, upset, confused," said the boy's attorney, Steven Fine, who refused to discuss details of the case with a reporter.
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-murd19.html
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