Man pleads guilty to child endangerment in deadly shooting of 12-year-old girl on South Side

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man pleaded guilty Friday to causing a child to be endangered after a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed last year, according to court documents.

Tyler Wright was sentenced to five years in prison.

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The shooting happened in February 2025 in a Calumet Heights home in the 9200-block of South Harper Avenue, police said.

Dalilah Batey, 12, was shot in the head inside the home. She was taken to Comer Children's Hospital where she died, authorities said.

Batey's father said his daughter was with friends when she was killed, adding she was a seventh-grade honor student who was a "loving little girl."

A teen boy has also been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case.

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