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Tyshawn, age 9, fatally shot in Gresham

Final preparations are made to the casket for Tyshawn Lee's body Nov. 9, 2015, before a visitation at Haven of Rest Church in Chicago. Tyshawn, 9, was fatally shot Nov. 2 on Chicago's South Side.

Final preparations are made to the casket for Tyshawn Lee’s body Nov. 9, 2015, before a visitation at Haven of Rest Church in Chicago. Tyshawn, 9, was fatally shot Nov. 2 on Chicago’s South Side.  (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

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Tyshawn Lee, 9, was killed in a shooting at 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2015, in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.

Karla Lee, center, speaks to Auburn Gresham community residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee's son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Nov. 2.

Karla Lee, center, speaks to Auburn Gresham community residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee’s son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Nov. 2.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Auburn Gresham neighborhood community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.

Auburn Gresham neighborhood community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Aaron Fischer holds a sign reading "Tyshawn Matters" while standing in support of the 9-year-old boy Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.

Aaron Fischer holds a sign reading “Tyshawn Matters” while standing in support of the 9-year-old boy Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

A Chicago police officer helps Karla Lee, center, walk to the microphone before Lee spoke to Auburn Gresham neighborhood residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee's son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.

A Chicago police officer helps Karla Lee, center, walk to the microphone before Lee spoke to Auburn Gresham neighborhood residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee’s son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Auburn Gresham community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley Nov. 2.

Auburn Gresham community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley Nov. 2.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Pierre Stokes, 25, talks about his son Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.

Pierre Stokes, 25, talks about his son Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Karla Lee, left, speaks Nov. 3, 2015, at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee.

Karla Lee, left, speaks Nov. 3, 2015, at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee.  (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)

Holding a football and her son's photo, Karla Lee, center, arrives at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public to help find the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son Tyshawn Lee the day before.

Holding a football and her son’s photo, Karla Lee, center, arrives at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public to help find the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son Tyshawn Lee the day before.  (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)

Karla Lee, center, speaks at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee. Tyshawn was killed Nov. 2.

Karla Lee, center, speaks at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee. Tyshawn was killed Nov. 2.  (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)

Paula Toliver, left, and Debra Butler pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Paula Toliver, left, and Debra Butler pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, holding flier at right center, and members of St. Sabina Catholic Church pray Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue, in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, holding flier at right center, and members of St. Sabina Catholic Church pray Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue, in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Community activists and parents pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot a day earlier in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.

Community activists and parents pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot a day earlier in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Fliers advertise a reward offered by St. Sabina Catholic Church and other area churches in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The boy was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Fliers advertise a reward offered by St. Sabina Catholic Church and other area churches in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The boy was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Tanesha Reed, the mother of slain Demarius Reed gets emotional on Nov. 3, 2015, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger talks at the site where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot in Gresham neighborhood the day before. Demarius Reed, 21, was found shot to death on Oct. 18, 2013.

Tanesha Reed, the mother of slain Demarius Reed gets emotional on Nov. 3, 2015, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger talks at the site where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot in Gresham neighborhood the day before. Demarius Reed, 21, was found shot to death on Oct. 18, 2013.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

A member of St. Sabina Catholic Church prays Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley in the Gresham neighborhood where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot a day earlier.

A member of St. Sabina Catholic Church prays Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley in the Gresham neighborhood where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot a day earlier.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

David Lee, 23, left, Antwan Burns-Jones, 31, and William Moore, 35, are among the neighbors who brought items Nov. 3, 2015, to remember Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood the day before.

David Lee, 23, left, Antwan Burns-Jones, 31, and William Moore, 35, are among the neighbors who brought items Nov. 3, 2015, to remember Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood the day before.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Kaisha Cole, 32, holds a sign at South Damen Avenue near 80th Street on Nov. 3, 2015, as Chicago police investigate the death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. The boy was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.

Kaisha Cole, 32, holds a sign at South Damen Avenue near 80th Street on Nov. 3, 2015, as Chicago police investigate the death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. The boy was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police officers talk Nov. 3, 2015, to neighbors along 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.

Chicago police officers talk Nov. 3, 2015, to neighbors along 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police officers investigate Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.

Chicago police officers investigate Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

A Chicago police officer on Nov. 3, 2015, scans the area around the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.

A Chicago police officer on Nov. 3, 2015, scans the area around the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police officers take a close look at the ground on Nov. 3, 2015, near the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot on a day earlier.

Chicago police officers take a close look at the ground on Nov. 3, 2015, near the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot on a day earlier.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Police follow up on the shooting of Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015, in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Police follow up on the shooting of Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015, in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Antwan Burns-Jones, 31, puts up a memorial to Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The nine-year-old was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Antwan Burns-Jones, 31, puts up a memorial to Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The nine-year-old was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Patrol cars are parked outside Joplin Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2015, as investigators probe the death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.

Patrol cars are parked outside Joplin Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2015, as investigators probe the death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.

Chicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Eric Clark / Chicago Tribune)

People react to the shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday as Chicago police investigate in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.

People react to the shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday as Chicago police investigate in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Eric Clark / Chicago Tribune)

Karla Lee — the mother of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood on Nov. 2, 2015 — faces media cameras after the slaying.

Karla Lee — the mother of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was fatally shot in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood on Nov. 2, 2015 — faces media cameras after the slaying.  (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 2, 2015, in an alley near 80th Place and Damen Avenue.

Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 2, 2015, in an alley near 80th Place and Damen Avenue.  (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Police speak to people gathered near where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.

Police speak to people gathered near where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Eric Clark / Chicago Tribune)

A Chicago police officer marks the area where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was shot to death Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.

A Chicago police officer marks the area where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was shot to death Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.  (Eric Clark / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.

Chicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Eric Clark / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday near 80th Place and Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday near 80th Place and Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood.  (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Dean Andrews, right, chief of detectives with the Chicago Police Department, speaks to the media Nov. 2, 2015, about the shooting death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, in the Gresham neighborhood.

Dean Andrews, right, chief of detectives with the Chicago Police Department, speaks to the media Nov. 2, 2015, about the shooting death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, in the Gresham neighborhood.  (Brian Nguyen / Chicago Tribune)

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