Getaway driver in Tyshawn Lee murder pleads guilty, sentenced to 25 years

The getaway driver in the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday.

Kevin Edwards, who was the last of the three men arrested and charged in the assassination-style killing of the grade-schooler, will serve a 25-year-sentence — the low end of the 20- to 60-year prison term possible if he were convicted at trial.

In court Tuesday, Edwards admitted that he had driven alleged gunman Dwright Boone-Doty to Dawes Park the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2015, and waited with Corey Morgan in a black Ford Edge as Boone-Doty lured Tyshawn into a nearby alley, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Tom Darman said.

“They all intended that harm was to befall Lee on that day,” Darman said. “They all knew he was 9 years old.”

After Boone-Doty shot Tyshawn in the head, Edwards and Morgan drove him away from the scene, Darman said.

Prosecutors have said that Tyshawn’s murder was an escalation of a feud between rival gang factions on the Southwest Side. Tyshawn’s father, Pierre Stokes, is a purported member of the Killa Ward faction of the Black Gangster Disciples, the gang believed to be behind the murder of Morgan’s brother, Tracy Morgan, who was a member of the BBG Terror Dome branch of the Black P-Stones. The Morgans’ mother was also wounded in the shooting that took place three weeks before Tyshawn was killed.

Edwards, 26, will have to serve 100% of his prison term, but will get credit for the nearly three years he has been jailed while awaiting trial.

The plea deal does not specify whether Edwards is required to testify against Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan when they go to trial.

Jury selection for Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan is scheduled for Monday.