Oct 13, 2008 1:08 pm US/Central
Boy Charged As Adult In Murder Of 13-Year-Old
15-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Shooting Younger Teen Dead At Southeast Side Grocery Store
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Sameere Conn, 13, loved sports and doted on his younger brother, his family said. The 15-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed him has been charged as an adult.
A 15-year-old charged as an adult in the death of a 13-year-old boy at a Southeast Side grocery earlier this month was to appear in bond court Tuesday afternoon.
The 15-year-old was charged with one count of first-degree murder early Sunday for the shooting of Sameere Conn, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.
Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said the teen has been charged as an adult and was expected to appear for a bond hearing in Violence Court (Br. 66) on Tuesday at noon. Further information about his bond was not immediately available.
Police declined to release the teen's name Monday afternoon.
Conn was killed and a 27-year-old man injured in the Oct. 1 shooting at Hook Finer Foods in the 2500 block of East 106th Street.
Authorities say the suspect stood outside the store that Wednesday evening, pointed his gun at a glass door to the store and opened fire.
Authorities say the victims were not together and there was no evidence that Conn, a star athlete and eighth-grader at Bright Elementary, was the intended target. Detectives believe the suspected shooter had gang ties.
(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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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