Jun 27, 2009 4:53 pm US/Central
Bond Set For Teen Accused Of Murdering 9-Year-Old
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Davionne Whitfield
Chicago Police Department
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Chastity Turner, 9, died after she was shot in the neck in the South Side's Hamilton Park neighborhood.
CBS
Bond was set at $750,000 Saturday for the teenager accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl Wednesday night on the South Side.
Davionne Whitfield, 17, of 7429 S. Normal Ave., was charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin.
Cook County Judge Israel Desierto set bond at $750,000 at a Saturday bond hearing at the Cook County courthouse at 2600 S. California Ave. Prosecutors said Whitfield has a juvenile criminal record.
Whitfield is accused of fatally shooting 9-year-old Chastity Turner and wounding three men, including Turner's father, during a drive-by shooting in the 7400 block of South Stewart Avenue, authorities said.
About 6:15 p.m. Wednesday a green van slowed down, the side door slid open and three gunman unleashed a hail of gunfire in front of Turner's home, where her and some other children were washing a dog as her father and some other adults gathered nearby, according to Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Araceli De La Cruz.
Chastity's father, 31-year-old Andre Turner and two other men -- ages 17 to early-30s -- suffered non-life-threatening wounds, police said.
After the shooting, officers were canvassing the 7500 and 7600 blocks of South Parnell Avenue when someone told them the teen involved was hiding at a residence, according to a police report. Officers went to the residence and found Whitfield.
Whitfield was arrested about 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 7500 block of South Parnell Avenue, the police report said.
Two eyewitnesses identified Whitfield as one of the suspected shooters. His mother, concerned for her son's safety, turned him in.
In a telephone conversation, the arrestee's mother allegedly told police "the boys from Stewart" were looking for her son because he was involved in the shooting of the little girl and when they find him they are going to kill him, according to the police report.
Police News Affairs said Friday night that Gerald Lauderdale, 19, of the 7400 block of South Normal Avenue, was also charged with unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting.
However, De La Cruz said Saturday Lauderdale is "not charged with this offense."
Desierto set Lauderdale's bond at $75,000.
Chastity, of 6444 S. King Dr., was pronounced dead at 7:23 p.m. Wednesday at University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
A Thursday autopsy determined she died of a gunshot wound to the back and her death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner's office said.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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