Man sentenced to 60 years for fatally shooting 7-year-old girl at 4th of July party in South Austin

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Man sentenced for fatally shooting child at West Side July 4th party

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for killing a 7-year-old girl on the city's West Side in 2020.

Kevin Boyd, convicted of shooting Natalie Wallace on the Fourth of July, learned his fate on Monday.

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He was convicted of shooting Wallace in the forehead during a party on Latrobe in South Austin.

Three other men charged in the killing were found not guilty at trial.

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