The aftermath of Derrion Albert’s Beating Death

Left to right: Eugene Riley (18) Silvonus Shannon (19) Eric Carson (16)

The headlining story around the world this week is the fatal beating of Derrion Albert, a sophomore honor roll student at Christian Fenger Academy High School in Chicago, Il. Above are the pictures of the three teens charge so far with his murder.

More than 30 students were killed last school year in Chicago, and the city could exceed that number this year
Prosecutors charged four teenagers on Monday with fatally beating Albert (one not listed), who was walking to a bus stop when he got caught up in the mob street fighting.  Some say he has beaten for refusing to join a gang, others say he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Riley and Fenger students Silvonus Shannon, 19, and Eric Carson, 16, were charged Monday with murder and ordered held without bail. Eugene Bailey, 18, was charged later Monday.

Albert’s death was a result of a brawl between two neighborhood groups, one from the Altgeld Garden public housing complex and the other from the neighborhood known as the “Ville.” The violence stemmed from a shooting early on Thursday morning involving the two groups.

Carson, who is from the Ville and is charged as an adult, was the first to strike Albert on the head, using a long railroad tie

Albert was knocked out briefly, and when he woke up, a group from Altgeld attacked him. Riley allegedly used a railroad tie again to strike him and Shannon stomped on his head several times

She said her son had been chased out of school and stalked between classes by teens from the Ville. Smith, Riley’s mother, said she pulled another son, Vashion Bullock, 17, out of Fenger Wednesday because of safety reasons.

Neither Riley nor Shannon have a criminal history, and both hold jobs, their attorney said. Carson was on probation for a 2008 robbery conviction<
FULL VIDEO OF ATTACK (Contains graphic content)

MEDIA COVERAGE

WHATS NEXT?

Before 2006, an average of 10-15 students were fatally shot each year in Chicago. That climbed to 24 fatal shootings in the 2006-07 school year, 23 deaths and 211 shootings in the 2007-08 school year and 34 deaths and 290 shootings last school year.

This month, the city announced a US $30 million project that targets 1,200 high school pupils identified as most at risk to become victims of gun violence, giving them full-time mentors and part-time jobs to keep them off the streets.

Despite the coverage of this horrific event, less than a week after the violent brawl that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert, another violent teen beating happened last night, this time in the Edgwater neighborhood.

A witness told police they saw the victim being chased by three males about 7:45 p.m. on the 6300 block of North Paulina Street, Chicago Police Lt. Paul Kusinski said.

After the three assailants caught up with the victim, all three beat him, and one reportedly struck him over the head using some type of “shiny” object, Kusinski said.

A witness to the attack also told the Tribune, “He was covered in blood. Blood was all over the street. It was all over his face, arms, and coming from the back of his head.” The 14-year-old victim was listed in critical condition this morning at Childrens Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull and undergoing surgery

Sources: AP, Chicago Tribune, Huntington Post, CNN

-Please people lets stop the violence