Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, February 16, 2017.
Authorities: Eleven-year-old Takiya Holmes was killed by gunman aiming for rivals
Antwan C. Jones, 19, was trying to shoot three members of a rival gang Saturday night when he fatally shot 11-year-old Takiya Holmes instead, according to authorities. A stray bullet hit Holmes, who was sitting in a van with her mother, aunt, and brother. Holmes died Tuesday at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital after being taken off life support. Jones, who has been arrested three times as an adult and has a “lengthy” juvenile record, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday. Several children have been shot recently in Chicago, including two-year-old Lavontay White Jr., whose fatal shooting was captured on Facebook Live. [Tribune] [Washington Post]
