Police in south suburban Country Club Hills launched an investigation after a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed following his high school’s homecoming football game on Friday night.
Police in south suburban Country Club Hills launched an investigation after a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed following his high school's homecoming football game on Friday night.
Marshawn Mitchell, a freshman at Hillcrest High School, was injured when shots rang out at around 9 p.m. near 175th Street and Pulaski Road after Hillcrest's varsity football game against Oak Forest. The 14-year-old was transported to an area hospital and later died from his injuries, police said. Kamarjai Picket, who met Marshawn in middle school, described his friend and someone who was funny and cool.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyCrisis responder Andrew Holmes said he met with Marshawn's mother for several hours on Saturday morning and that his whole family was devastated by the teen's death.
"... This is her only child," he said."She wanted a better place and better environment and look what happened, he lost his life." As a result of the fatal shooting, Hillcrest High School made the decision to cancel Saturday's homecoming dance. A spokesperson for Bremen High School District 228, which includes the school, released the following statement regarding the shooting:
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