Two men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl who was struck by a bullet while out celebrating her birthday with family in March, police officials announced Tuesday.
Nyzireya Moore was riding in a Buick SUV with her family on March 1 when a group began shooting at another car driven by a rival gang member in the 2300 block of West 72nd Street, about a block from where she lived, Chicago police said.
Moments before the shooting, the three gunmen were recorded by surveillance cameras leaving a house in the 2300 block of West 72nd and walking to the corner, where they saw a rival gang member drive by in the Mercedes, prosecutors said.Moore’s mother was driving the Buick and was about a block from home when she heard gunshots and glass shattering, then realized her daughter had been shot, authorities said.
At a news conference Tuesday, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said a break in the case came when an anonymous witness came forward, calling it "a pivotal point" in the investigation. A third man arrested with Ali and Parish on Sunday, 22-year-old Darius Turner, was seen throwing a handgun with an automatic switch before he was taken into custody, prosecutors said. He was charged with a felony count of armed habitual criminal.
"These are violent people and their criminal history has shown them to be violent," Brown said. "We need to throw the book at these people."But court records show neither man charged in Moore’s killing has convictions for serious violent offenses. Ali has no convictions but is facing a separate case for allegedly possessing a gun with a defaced serial number and not having a firearm owners identification card. That case was filed nearly three months after Moore was killed, records show.
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