9-Year-Old Boy's Killer Wanted to Cut Off His Fingers and Ears First: Patch PM

9-Year-Old Boy's Killer Wanted to Cut Off Fingers and Ears

• Chilling details of vengeful horror emerged today in the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee as murder charges were announced against the gangster Chicago Police identified as the actual triggerman, Dwright Boone-Doty. His accomplice wanted to “kill grandmas, mamas, kids and all” as part of their gang war. They lured little Tyshawn from a park basketball court into an alley and murdered him to get back at the boy's father, police said.

Rescue Dog Stolen During Armed Robbery Found Dead

• "We're gonna take your dog, too. Welcome to Chicago, bitch," the gunmen said before they robbed an animal rescue worker and took "Tyler," a visually impaired Great Dane/pit bull mix with a sweet face and pink nose.

Drunken Driver Gets 10 Days in Jail for Hitting Police Car

• Asked how much he had to drink, the former Aurora man who drove into a Naperville squad car replied with the obvious: "A lot."

Giraffes Frolic in Early Spring Weather at Brookfield Zoo

• The giraffes were given access to their outdoor habitat for the first time this year.

Man Set His Home on Fire to Kill Himself, Then Disappears: Cops

• Now a wanted man, he suffered burns to his face and is charged with arson. A firefighter fell through the roof of the home during the blaze.

Cars Plunge Through Rooftop Parking Lot as Chicago Building Goes Up in Flames

• VIDEO: Huge, billowing cloud of black smoke rose from the burning block on Chicago's West Side.

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