Two teenage boys have been charged in the fatal shooting and robbery of an 86-year-old man in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood last month.
A 15-year-old boy was charged with the first degree murder of Charles Hobson Sr., who was fatally shot and robbed on his front lawn in the 8100 block of South Throop Street on Sept. 23, according to Chicago police.
A 16-year-old boy was charged with two felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen vehicle, police said. The two teens were arrested on Thursday in the 2900 block of South Wabash, police said. Surveillance video showed two teens — one armed — walking up to Hobson Sr. and shooting him in the leg, according to police reports. One of the assailants then picked something up from the ground before they both fled.Charles Hobson Sr. loved singing in his church choir around Christmas — he did so every year for nearly seven decades.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot found Hobson lying unconscious on the grass and then spotted Hobson Sr.’s missing 2023 Lincoln Nautilus traveling through the alley behind his house, according to the reports.All the news you need to know, every day
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