CPD and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said a 16-year-old boy is charged with murder in the shooting outside Benito Juarez in December.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced the charges Friday afternoon. They said a 16-year-old boy has been charged with two felony counts of first degree murder, two felony counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated discharge of a weapon on school grounds, one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon.Brown said the teen was arrested Thursday.
On December 16, police were called to the Pilsen school for reports of shots fired. The shooting happened just as classes were letting out, sending staff and students scrambling for cover inside the building.Police said four teens were shot outside the school. Two teen boys, aged 14 and 15, were shot in the head and died. Another 15-year-old boy was shot in the thigh and shoulder, and a 15-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the thigh.
The two students killed were identified as 15-year-old Brandon Perez and 14-year-old Nathan Billegas. Perez was a student at Juarez, while Billegas was a freshman at Chicago Bulls College Prep. Also in December, police released surveillance photos of a suspect they said was connected to the shooting. Brown said the teen charged is the person in the photos, and it was witnesses and the community that helped track him down.
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