CNN reports that in the videotaped confession, 19-year-old Silvanus Shannon also said that the victim, Derrion Albert, never struck him, said the spokeswoman, Tandra Simonton.
Three teens arrested in Albert’s death — Silvanus Shannon, 19; Eric Carson, 16; and Eugene Riley, 18 — were seen on the videotape attacking Albert, and were charged with first degree murder and held without bail, Simonton said.
Monday night authorities said they charged a fourth suspect,17-year-old Eugene Bailey, with murder.
Albert’s grandfather, Joseph Walker, told CNN affiliate WLS-TV that his grandson was a good kid who didn’t deserve to die.
“He was in Bible class this Tuesday night. Church on Sunday,” Walker told WLS-TV. “I have no trouble out of my grandson whatsoever. This thing that happened to him is so horrific that we just don’t know what we’re going to do. We lost a really dear friend in my grandson. He was a blessed child.”
Walker said the family was struggling to come to terms with why Albert was killed.
“I don’t know where all this anger come from these people today,” he told WLS-TV. “That’s just too much anger for someone to have in their heart. All I can do is I’m going to pray for these people, I’m going to to pray for forgiveness.”
“What kind of person, what kind of individual, has such rage and such anger and such madness?” the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. “We’ve got to get to the hearts of our children, because nothing, nothing, excuses or justifies the actions of an individual who would beat another individual. Nothing justifies that in this society.”
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I can not believe this……….OMG! I am sitting here with tears rolling down my face. Poor innocent boy! How can these people be so cruel!!!!
THE MURDERERS OF YOUNG DERRION SHOULD BE CONSCRIPTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND AFTER BASIC, COMMISSIONED TO AFGANISTAN FOR AT LEAST TWO TOURS ON THE BATTLEFIELD SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN THE HARD WAY TO VALUE HUMAN LIFE