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Official: Suspect admits role in beating death of Chicago teenStory Highlights
Fourth suspect, 17-year-old Eugene Bailey, charged with murder
Victim tried to get up after being knocked out, was attacked again, official says
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- One of the suspects accused of killing an honor student in a beating captured on tape in Chicago has admitted to jumping on the victim's head after he was already lying on the ground, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County State's Attorney.
In the videotaped confession, 19-year-old Silvanus Shannon also said that the victim, Derrion Albert, never struck him, said the spokeswoman, Tandra Simonton.
Three teens arrested in Albert's death -- Silvanus Shannon, 19; Eric Carson, 16; and Eugene Riley, 18 -- were seen on the videotape attacking Albert, and were charged with first degree murder and held without bail, Simonton said. Monday night authorities said they charged a fourth suspect, 17-year-old Eugene Bailey, with murder.
On Monday during the bond hearing, prosecutors described how the street fight escalated from a dispute between two factions at Albert's high school to a beating that left the honor student dead.
Prosecutors said Derrion Albert was an "innocent bystander" who ended up in the middle of a street fight between two factions of students at his school, Christian Fenger Academy High school, located on Chicago's South Side.
When school let out at 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, Albert was on his way to the bus stop when two groups of students converged on the street, Simonton said.
The two factions, one that lived near the Altgeld Gardens housing development and one in an area known as "The Ville," began fighting after a shooting earlier that day that police called gang-related.
Albert was approached by 16-year-old Eric Carson and another unknown person, both members of the "The Ville" faction, Simonton said. Carson struck Albert in the head with a long wooden railroad tie, and the second person punched him in the face, Simonton said.
Albert was knocked unconscious by the blows for a short period, Simonton said, but gained consciousness and quickly tried to move from the escalating street fight.
"He gained consciousness and moved a few feet away, but as he was trying to get up, he was attacked by a second group," Simonton said.
That group, made up of five members from the opposing faction, then took their shots at Albert, Simonton said.
He was struck in the head by Riley with a railroad tie, a rectangular piece of wood used as a base for railroad tracks, Simonton said.
Once Albert was on the ground again, Shannon was seen "stomping on his head repeatedly," Simonton said.
An amateur videotape shot by a witness, which has been broadcast nationally, showed the attack unfolding. A local TV station that received the tape turned it over to police. Watch graphic video of the attack »
The video shows that, as the attackers ran away, the person with the camera and several others approached Albert and carried him into a nearby building.
"Derrion, get up!" a female voice pleads on the video.
Albert was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and then to Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Simonton said.
Shannon and Riley do not have criminal records. Carson is on probation for a 2008 robbery conviction, according to Simonton.
On Monday, family and friends, some wearing shirts bearing Albert's photo, held a vigil in his honor.
Albert's grandfather, Joseph Walker, told CNN affiliate WLS-TV that his grandson was a good kid who didn't deserve to die.
"He was in Bible class this Tuesday night. Church on Sunday," Walker told WLS-TV. "I have no trouble out of my grandson whatsoever. This thing that happened to him is so horrific that we just don't know what we're going to do. We lost a really dear friend in my grandson. He was a blessed child."
Walker said the family was struggling to come to terms with why Albert was killed.
"I don't know where all this anger come from these people today," he told WLS-TV. "That's just too much anger for someone to have in their heart. All I can do is I'm going to pray for these people, I'm going to to pray for forgiveness." Rick Sanchez asks, "Are our young people salvageable?" »
Albert's aunt, Rose Braxton, told CNN affiliate WGN-TV that the family was hurt again when a memorial in Albert's honor was burned down.
"To go and burn a memorial after such tragedy, then that just speaks for itself to what kind of people they are," she told WGN-TV.
Family and friends asked the community to turn in anyone they knew who was a part of Albert's beating.
"What kind of person, what kind of individual, has such rage and such anger and such madness?" the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. "We've got to get to the hearts of our children, because nothing, nothing, excuses or justifies the actions of an individual who would beat another individual. Nothing justifies that in this society. "
Pfleger said it was time to make a change, so children aren't afraid to go to or from school.
He said this kind of teen violence was not just an issue for Chicago, but from "Oakland to Newark."
Ron Huberman, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, said he had met with Albert's classmates.
"How do we make sure this event doesn't become another event?" he said. "Another vigil on another day."
Huberman said he will fight every day to ensure the safety of children in Chicago's schools.
"We can promise them and we can say that we we will absolutely remember Derrion," he said.
Flanked by people holding signs with photos of a young child and the words "Don't shoot, I want to grow up," Pfleger pleaded for peace.
"It's time for guns, and it's time for two-by-fours to stop being the way we treat each other," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/28/...ing/index.html
Kinda sucks.
There are so many bad people in this world. What a terrible story, just like many others that you never hear about.
You just have to find the good in this place and gravitate towards that.
I watched the video and it's absolutely horrifying how people so young can be capable of such bull against other young people. I know it's terrible, but I gotta say that boy should have gotten as far away from the situation as possible instead of walking right into it. He was blindsided and sucker punched on the ground, enough...it wasn't like he was getting up to hurt anyone.
I hope all those little monsters have justice rendered unto them. Honor student or not, that boy was defenseless and they didn't have to kill him.
PS: They aren't little monsters, they are actually grown ass men. Motha az better pucker up, time for the pen.
Horrible, horrible thing. The world that we live in can have such horrible people in it. I can't believe people can be so ruthless and blood thirsty.
no duh, he had to explain what a railroad tie is?He was struck in the head by Riley with a railroad tie, a rectangular piece of wood used as a base for railroad tracks, Simonton said.
didn't help him much."He was in Bible class this Tuesday night. Church on Sunday,"
kill them all and be done with it."I don't know where all this anger come from these people today," he told WLS-TV. "That's just too much anger for someone to have in their heart. All I can do is I'm going to pray for these people, I'm going to to pray for forgiveness."
this thread would easily reach 3 pages if the le included something about dying from having your head jumped on
Homeboy walked in and pushed someone and a second after that got hit by the board. Wasnt really blindsided..he saw what the kids were doing and he definately saw the guy holding the board. Dumb decision walking in on that.
Mario, Sonic, Crash sentenced to 350,000 consecutive life sentences.
Let me get a big baseball bat or a huge piece of wood and come at you when you're unarmed. We'll see how "being aware" of the fact that I'm holding a large bludgeoning object helps you.
Even worse, it clearly wasn't a railroad tie.no duh, he had to explain what a railroad tie is?
Last edited by CosmicCowboy; 09-29-2009 at 12:13 PM.
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How does the entire crowd not move to stop him from stomping an unconscious guys head repeatedly?? People today make me sick..
Probably scared the same thing would happen to them.. It's sad, and it is still sickening..
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