Verdict reached for Corey Morgan, co-defendant in Tyshawn

Jurors have reached a verdict within the trial of the second of two males charged with the 2015 homicide of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. After 9 hours of deliberations spanning Thursday and Friday, the jury despatched discover that they had reached a verdict within the case of Corey Morgan, an alleged gang member who stood trial alongside gunman Dwright Boone-Doty. A separate jury discovered Boone-Doty responsible of first-degree homicide late Thursday night time, after solely three hours within the jury room. An hour after convening within the jury room round 9 a.m. Friday, jurors posed two inquiries to the decide, requesting steerage on whether or not Morgan may very well be convicted of particular allegations associated

Prosecution rests in Tyshawn Lee homicide trial

Cook County prosecutors Wednesday placed on their ultimate witness within the trial of two males charged with the homicide of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, closing out 12 days of testimony with heart-rending pictures of the fourth-grader’s post-mortem. Cook County Medical Examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar spent a couple of half hour on the witness stand, reviewing the injuries suffered by Tyshawn within the 2015 taking pictures. The deadly gunshot struck the boy in the appropriate temple. More chilling accidents have been smaller marks on Tyshawn’s face made by bullet that Arunkumar stated may need fragmented when it caught his thumb — almost severing it — as he tried to defend his face. Those wounds additionally confirmed flecks