GUILTY IL - Tyshawn Lee, 9, fatally shot in Chicago alley, 2 Nov 2015

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 1h1 hour ago
Day 3 of Tyshawn Lee testimony under way. An important— and reluctant— witness on the stand, an 18-year-old who, as a 14-year-old, was in Dawes Park the day of the shooting and allegedly saw defendants there, and chatted with them before Tyshawn was shot.

Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 1h1 hour ago
This witness is wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, and has been locked up since late August for defying a prosecution subpoena dating back to May. The witness at a court hearing tossed away a subpoena handed to him, and has said he wouldn't cooperate.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 1h1 hour ago
Three other witnesses, kids who were then in their teens, who were also hanging out in Dawes Park the day of the shooting, also were jailed ahead of the trial. This guy, who testified that he has joined a gang in the years since the shooting, had by far been the most defiant.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 1h1 hour ago
Today, he's been cooperative, speaking clearly, giving "yes sir" and "no sir" to questions from ASA Tom Darman. There was some quibbling before he took the stand about a conversation he had with Darman, in which the witness asked if he would be released from jail if he testified


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 59m59 minutes ago
The other three witnesses were jailed for weeks— including a college student who was arrested on a warrant in this case and hauled out of his dorm room— and only got out within the past few days after attorneys challenged the no-bond holds.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 59m59 minutes ago
So far, he's testified to descriptions of the three people he saw in the park the day of the shooting, black men in their 20s, and their vehicle. He was within a few feet of them, chatted a little and played basketball with them.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 1h1 hour ago
He testified these older guys asked to join their game, and asked who of the younger guys was best at basketball, who got the most girls. He also noticed one of them had a gun tucked into a pouch on his sweatshirt


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 54m54 minutes ago
This witness, however, did not see Tyshawn enter the alley where he was shot, and fled the park after hearing gunshots. He talked to police the next day, as officers canvassed the neighborhood.

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 54m54 minutes ago
The witness described one of the men as wearing distinctive, and expensive, Rock Revival jeans-- a detail mentioned by a witness that took the stand yesterday, who also was a the park.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 54m54 minutes ago
In photo lineups, this witness identified two suspects. I couldn't see all pictures on the courtroom monitor, but one of the images he picked (from where I'm sitting the gallery) appeared to be Dwright Doty-- Mr. Rock Revival jeans


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 49m49 minutes ago
Why would high school kids remember Rock Revival jeans? Answer to a question from ASA Darman reveals they cost $200 and have a distinctive fleur de lis logo on the pocket.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 49m49 minutes ago
Not my style, but see if you'd remember someone in Rock Revival jeans (you'd hope so at those prices!, as my mom would've told me in high school) https://www.rockrevival.com


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 40m40 minutes ago
Corey Morgan's lawyer, Tom Breen, opens cross-examination asking about the witnesses juvenile criminal history-- he was arrested with a gun and put on probation sometime after the shooting.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 30m30 minutes ago
He also notes that this witness said he is a member of the Gangster Disciples, the gang (though apparently a different faction) to which Tyshawn Lee's father allegedly belongs.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 30m30 minutes ago
And, Breen notes he discussed reward money offered for tips in Tyshawn's case. When this guy talked to cops the day after the shooting, the reward money was at $12k, and $50k by the time he made his IDs. Witness said he asked about it, didn't know the dollar amounts


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 24m24 minutes ago
Breen has gotten witness to say that he couldn't see into a playground at the park, because his view was blocked by a field house, which contradicts some of his grand jury testimony from 2015.

 

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Gang killed 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee as payback against his dad: prosecutors

September 18, 2019

"Chicago gangbangers allegedly executed a 9-year-old schoolboy because they blamed his dad’s rival gang for shooting some of their family members, according to prosecutors....

“Tyshawn brought a basketball to Dawes Park. Corey Morgan, Dwright Doty and Kevin Edwards brought guns,” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Margaret Hillmann told the court, naming the accused killers....

Morgan’s attorney, Thomas Breen, used his opening remarks to try to distance his client from the crime.

“That execution of that 9-year-old boy has to come from one singularly evil person,” Breen told jurors. “His killer did so of his own volition and for his own reason. Not at the behest or help of Corey Morgan.”

However, prosecutors claim it was revenge for an attack weeks earlier that killed Morgan’s brother and wounded his mother — allegedly by the boy’s dad’s gang, the Killa Ward faction of the Gangster Disciples...."

https://nypost.com/2019/09/18/gang-...n-lee-as-payback-against-his-dad-prosecutors/

(Assistant State's Attorney Margaret Hillmann makes her opening statements in the trial of Corey Morgan. AP)

(Corey Morgan. AP)

(Dwright Doty. AP)

 

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9-Year-Old Boy Was Shot In Head As Part Of His Father's Gang Rivalry, Prosecutors Say

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

“He wasn’t just mad. He was in a murderous rage, saying he was going to kill grandmas, mammas, kids and whoever he could catch," the prosecutor said of Corey Morgan, who is standing trial along with Dwright Boone-Doty for Tyshawn Lee's murder...."

9-Year-Old Boy Was Shot In Head As Part Of His Father's Gang Rivalry, Prosecutors Say

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 17s17 seconds ago
Tyshawn Lee murder trial continues today, and the courtroom is nearly empty. Hundreds flocked to his funeral four years ago.

Funeral for 9-year-old slain in gang violence

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 18m18 minutes ago
Fourth day of testimony in the Tyshawn Lee murder trial has begun. We're expecting to hear from more witnesses who were high school students hanging out in the park around the time Tyshawn was killed.


ABC 7 Chicago‏Verified account @ABC7Chicago 16m16 minutes ago
Several witnesses arrested before agreeing to testify at trial for murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee https://abc7chicago.com/5553592/?ex_cid=TA_WLS_TW&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d84e9b043e1f20001193f8a&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter …

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 17s17 seconds ago
Tyshawn Lee murder trial continues today, and the courtroom is nearly empty. Hundreds flocked to his funeral four years ago.

Funeral for 9-year-old slain in gang violence

I wonder if people fear gang members will attend and notice who is there to support Tyshawn's family, and maybe even fear gang violence since we know at least one family member was a member of a rival gang.

 

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Chicago Sun-Times‏Verified account @Suntimes 2m2 minutes ago
Several who testified were reluctant to take the stand at the high-profile Chicago gang-revenge trial for the murder of Tyshawn Lee.

Tyshawn Lee case: Witnesses reluctant to testify at murder trial of 2 accused of killing 9-year-old

 

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I wonder if people fear gang members will attend and notice who is there to support Tyshawn's family, and maybe even fear gang violence since we know at least one family member was a member of a rival gang.

I’m assuming it’s out of fear. The violence surrounding the gang culture in Chicago is out of control. jmo

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
First witness is another Ralph Ellison High student who was in Dawes Park the day Tyshawn was shot. This witness noticed one of the defendants— not sure whom yet— because she thought he was "attractive."


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
This witness also took note of the black SUV the defendants allegedly drove to the park, because there wa a rumor that the dean from Ellison was coming to the park, apparently to keep an eye on the students. She saw four people get out of the SUV intially, which is new.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
Police canvassed the neighborhood around the park, and after about two weeks, went to Ellison and started pulling kids out of class to ask them if they'd seen anything, then had them look at photo arrays, and some, a physical lineup at 5th District HQ.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
This witness picked Corey Morgan's photo, later IDed him in a lineup. Prosecutors allege Morgan and co-defendant Dwright Boone-Doty killed Tyshawn, the son of a purported member of a rival gang, in retribution for a shooting that killed Morgan's brother and left his mom wounded


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
This witness left the park before the shooting, and didn't come forward until the cops came to her school two weeks later. It apparently didn't occur to her that the older guys she'd seen at the park that day might be suspects. "The things I saw, I knew they were odd..." she said

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
Morgan's lawyer points out some issues with the live lineup: the witness said she saw someone with long dredlocks in the park, but wasn't able to ID Morgan's mugshot 2 weeks after shooting. The next day, police did the lineup.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 8h8 hours ago
That lineup featured only 5 people— CPD regs require a minimum of 6— and only two (including Morgan) had dreds. Cops had showed her Morgan's mug the day before, but didn't say the same guy was to be in the lineup.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 7h7 hours ago
This young lady's body language showing she's tired of answering questions. We have a double jury, so she is questioned by prosecutors, then one jury is led out, and she gets crossed by one defendant's lawyer. Then they swap juries, and she's crossed by the other def lawyer.

 

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Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 7h7 hours ago
Now on the stand: Shawn Walsh, former dean at Ralph Ellison HS. He heard what might have been gunshots from shooting. Tyshawn's death was a big topic at school, and students in the days after came to him to say they had been in nearby Dawes Park the day of the shooting.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 7h7 hours ago
Walsh told Ellison's school resource officer, who passed the info to detectives working Tyshawn's case. Police later came to the school to question students.


Andy Grimm‏Verified account @agrimm34 7h7 hours ago
The witnesses from Ellison HS who have testified were all between 14-15 years old at the time of the shooting (none older than 19 now). None saw shooting— prosecutors have no eyewitnesses— but each can place one or more of the defendants in the park the day of the shooting.

 

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Chicago Breaking News‏ @ChicagoBreaking 4m4 minutes ago
Prosecutors attempt to weave mosaic with testimony by witnesses to Tyshawn Lee’s killing

Prosecutors attempt to weave mosaic with testimony by witnesses to Tyshawn Lee’s killing

SEP 20, 2019

"...Nearly four years later, some of those students and other young bystanders took the witness stand this week to testify against two men on trial for Tyshawn’s killing...

The young witnesses were near the park that day and testified this week that they saw one or both men at the park on the afternoon of the shooting.

Though all are now 18 or older, many still seemed like kids on the witness stand, fidgeting, swiveling back and forth in the chair and answering questions in shy, quiet voices.

After a tense interplay between prosecutors and defense attorneys, 19-year-old Trinity Richardson left the stand Friday with a loud sigh, exclaiming, “Weird!”

Their testimony was more circumstantial than a slam dunk for prosecutors.

None of the witnesses said they viewed the actual attack on Tyshawn.

In the trial’s first week, only one witness so far has testified seeing anyone interact with Tyshawn at the park. And she did not identify the defendants in police photo arrays.

Another witness was the only one to identify photos of all three defendants.

But none of the witnesses was asked to identify either defendant sitting across the courtroom from them.

One witness identified Morgan in a photo array but not in a live lineup. Another picked out Morgan in one lineup but did not identify Doty in a different one. Still another said she saw a black SUV speed away from the alley after shots were fired and got a glimpse of the driver’s face. But she at first identified him as Edwards only tentatively, then said she was sure.

Prosecutors hope, though, that each of the six young witnesses provided a small piece of a puzzle that jurors will find convincing.

But the testimony left plenty for defense attorneys to criticize....

Testimony could stretch into October."

Prosecutors attempt to weave mosaic with testimony by witnesses to Tyshawn Lee’s killing

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 53s53 seconds ago
Second week of trial has commenced for two men charged in killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.

On the stand is a brother of Kevin Edwards, a third co-defendant who pleaded guilty just before trial.

Edwards' brother is a now a police officer in a jurisdiction out of state.

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 7m7 minutes ago
Edwards' brother, Davontay Gary, testifying that his brother was close friends with Corey Morgan and Dwright Doty, the two men on trial. They would often drive around in a black Ford Edge (which prosecutors allege was the getaway car)


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 6m6 minutes ago
He saw his brother a few days after Tyshawn's killing, when he briefly came to their house along with Morgan. They left, and then the US Marshal Service came by the house a few moments later, he said.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2m2 minutes ago
He saw Kevin Edwards again a few days after that, "when he got word they wasn’t looking for him, he claimed."
He hasn't seen Edwards since.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 4m4 minutes ago
On cross-examination by Morgan's attorney, Gary noting that he worked from noon to 8 at that time, so would have no idea of the SUV's whereabouts or who was riding in it during those times. (Tyshawn was killed in the midafternoon.)

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
Jurors didn't hear this, but Gary also told police that he overheard someone -- possibly Morgan or Edwards -- talking about how angry they were about the attack on Morgan's brother and mother.
That shooting allegedly provided the motive for Morgan and Doty to kill Tyshawn.

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 18m18 minutes ago
CPD detective on the stand talking about the gun arrest that put Morgan and Doty in custody on unrelated charges after the shooting. He shows jurors the gun Morgan was arrested with, holds it up in slide lock position.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 17m17 minutes ago
Doty was arrested wearing the same brand of jeans that witnesses spotted a man wearing at the park just before Tyshawn was killed. Prosecutors also showed jurors the jeans themselves, with distinctive stitching on the back pockets.

 

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Four Years After 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee Was Shot and Killed in a 'Targeted Execution,' Two Men Face Murder Charges. Here’s What To Know About the Trial

Sept 23, 2019

"...Prosecutors say Tyshawn was playing on a basketball court in a South Side Chicago park when Dwright Boone-Doty, 25, tricked him into going into an alley, at which point he shot the child multiple times, killing him. This was allegedly at the behest of fellow defendant Corey Morgan, 30, prosecutors claim. A third man, Kevin Edwards, who has already been convicted and sentenced, acted as a getaway driver and lookout....

Here is everything you need to know about the crime, and the ensuing court proceedings...."

Two Men on Trial For Execution of 9-Year-Old Boy in Chicago

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
It's science day at the Tyshawn Lee trial. There's a state police forensic expert on the stand now. Later we're expected to hear from a New Zealand scientist who helped develop software that analyzes complicated samples involving multiple DNA profiles.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
Per prosecutors DNA "linking to" alleged gunman Dwright Doty was found on Tyshawn's basketball, which was on the ground near where he was killed.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
Prosecutors used the "linking to" language deliberately. That evidence was brought out via the software analysis, not more traditional/established methods used for what you might consider a DNA "match."


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
The defense in pretrial hearings attacked the software analysis as untested/unreliable. Tried to get it tossed out altogether, arguing that a jury will hear "DNA link" and assume it's a sure thing.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
DNA matching Doty's was found via traditional methods on the driver's side door and the steering wheel/gear shift of the alleged getaway car, the ISP forensic scientist testifies.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
should potentially note that officers who recovered the car noticed a smell of bleach inside, and an unidentified white powder all over. (the inference prosecutors want jurors to draw: the defendants deep-cleaned the car before abandoning it.)

 

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Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
There were forensic samples from the car - and Tyshawn's basketball - that were too complex for ISP's traditional analysis. So ISP turned to something new: STRmix, a software that purports to get more information from samples that include a mix of different DNA profiles.


Megan Crepeau‏Verified account @crepeau 2h2 hours ago
This case was the first time ISP had used the "probabilistic genotyping" software. And, I still need to confirm this, but I believe it's also going to be the first time prosecutors have put such evidence on during trial.