Boy arrested in fatal shooting at East Garfield Park basketball tournament

SHARE Boy arrested in fatal shooting at East Garfield Park basketball tournament
garfield_park_08162018_3_e1534620299150.jpg

Two teens were shot, one fatally, outside the Garfield Park fieldhouse late Thursday. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A boy, possibly as young as 11, has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left one teenage boy dead and another seriously wounded Thursday night at a basketball tournament in East Garfield Park.

Officers responded about 9:10 p.m. to a call of a large fight inside a park district field house in the first block of North Central Park Avenue, according to Chicago police.

While they broke up the fight and dispersed the crowd, shots were fired, police said.

Kenwon Parker, 15, was struck in the chest and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. He lived in the Homan Square neighborhood.

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger in serious condition, police said.

A person of interest, described as a boy between 11 and 13 years old, was taken into custody, according to CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

Area North detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

banner.jpg

The Latest
Donald Trump is selling $60 Bibles, and if Jesus had not been resurrected, he most certainly would be rolling over in his grave.
Over the course of just six fast-paced episodes, Esposito creates a memorable character in this crime drama based on the BBC One series “The Driver.”
Ald. Jeanette Taylor, chair of the City Council’s Education Committee chair, said she’s disappointed that Johnson and his allies in the Chicago Teachers Union backed away from the fully-elected, 21-member board he once supported. “This is not going to be as easy a transition as people think,” she said. “We’re used to a top-down system.”
Alex Caruso has been looking for a defensive showing like the one he and his teammates put on display in the win over the Pacers, but Caruso also knows it needs staying power. Could Javonte Green help that process moving forward?
Christian I. Soto, 22, was charged with murder, attempted murder and home invasion, officials announced Thursday. Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd said earlier investigators haven’t determined a motive for the attacks.