Saturday, March 07, 2009
CHICAGO —
The older brother of a Chicago teen shot to death in an assault rifle attack two weeks ago has also been fatally shot.Chicago police say 18-year-old Carnell Pitts died at a hospital after being shot in the back after a house party on the city's South Side late Friday.
A spokeswoman for Chicago Public Schools says Pitts was the older brother of 17-year-old Kendrick Pitts, who was shot to death with two other teens on Feb. 20.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in Kendrick Pitts' death. Police say the suspect was firing an assault rifle at a rival gang member and hit the three instead.
Police say no one was in custody Saturday night in the older Pitts' shooting.
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