2 persons of interest questioned in Hadiya Pendleton’s death
Chicago police are questioning two persons of interest in the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a day after first lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral for the teenager whose death has become a symbol of escalating violence in Chicago, according to law enforcement sources.
The two men, one in his late teens and the other 20, were pulled over near East 67th Street and South Chicago Avenue late Saturday night or early Sunday morning after detectives canvassed the area of the park where she was shot and killed Jan. 29 and tracked down witnesses, the sources said. No charges have been filed.
Hadiya was fatally shot in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park, about a mile north of President Barack Obama’s Kenwood neighborhood home on the South Side, a little more than a week after the honor student performed with the King College Prep band in Washington during inauguration festivities. Two other teens were wounded.
The shooting in the 4400 block of South Oakenwald Avenue happened after classes were dismissed for the day during finals week at King. Hadiya, a sophomore at King, was at the park with a with a group of teens, primarily other students from the school, when a male gunman climbed over a fence, ran to the group and started firing, police have said. The shooter escaped in what has been described as white Nissan vehicle, possibly driven by a getaway driver.
One of the sources said at least one of the men brought into custody was riding in a Nissan Sentra, one of the two vehicles police pulled over when bringing the pair into custody. The source didn’t know that Nissan’s color.
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I am Madison Wisconsin. I have lately interacted with some young Black kids from Chicago. I have found some really have angry faces. Of course I have seen white young man with angry faces too. There must be something wrong in Chicago where these kids grow. For instance, while working at convenience store, I overheard one saying it was his birth day. I offered the BD young man free fountain soda – a practice I do to everybody. The young man was in disbelief, looked at me and said. “Is this a trick – giving me free soda on my Birth Day? No stranger has ever been good to me while in Chicago.” That told me there is something wrong in Chicago where these kids grow. We have to change that. How: Education, have churches involved, job training; counseling for people in prisons. If we can save a soul, that will be worth trying.