Police: Inauguration performer's killing was case of mistaken identity (Hadiya) [View all]
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Source: CNN
The teenager who police say shot and killed Chicago honor student Hadiya Pendleton was on probation for unlawful use of a firearm, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday night.
Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were each charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder, McCarthy told reporters. They were also charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.
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Ward confessed to shooting Hadiya and two others in late January in a case of mistaken identity, McCarthy said.
Police said Ward and Williams were gang members seeking revenge against the people who had shot Williams in July -- men against whom Williams had refused to press charges when police arrested them.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/justice/illinois-chicago-killing/index.html
"Mistaken identity"????
A mistake is buying the wrong size coffee or returning a library book overdue...calling a revenge vigilante killing a "mistake"...NO
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