Chicago teen charged with killing over Facebook post
Posted July 23, 2017 11:00 pm
A 16-year-old Chicago boy has been charged with fatally shooting a man in May in the Washington Park neighborhood in retaliation for a Facebook post about the suspect's dead friend.
Landon Allen has been charged as an adult with one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to Chicago police and the Cook County state's attorney's office.
The boy, who prosecutors claim killed 23-year-old Jermaine Brown on May 8, has been ordered held on a $1 million bond.
For more, check chicago.suntimes.com.
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