Prosecution rests case in trials for 2 accused in 2015 murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the trials of two men accused of murdering 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in 2015.

The boy was lured into an alley and shot to death back in November 2015 near Dawes Park in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood
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Prosecutors say Dwright Boone Doty shot the boy execution style while Corey Morgan watched in a nearby getaway car.

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On Monday, an informant testified that Doty talked about the murder of Tyshawn Lee all day every day in the jail.
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Last week Jalen Anderson, who was 14 at the time, testified in court. He said he was in the area when Tyshwan was killed and saw a man carrying a gun.

Closing arguments could begin as early as Thursday.
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