Crime & Safety
Second Person Charged In Shooting That Killed Girl, 12, On Chicago's South Side
A 14-year-old boy was charged with accidentally firing the shots that killed the 12-year-old girl this past weekend.
February 13, 2025
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A second person has been charged in an accidental shooting that left a 12-year-old girl dead in the South Side's Calumet Heights neighborhood this past weekend.
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Tyler Wright, 19, was charged with one felony count of causing child endangerment involving death, Chicago Police said Wednesday. Further specifics about what Wright is accused of doing were not released.
A 14-year-old boy was charged with accidentally firing the shots that killed the 12-year-old girl this past weekend. According to Chicago police, a 14-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday night, less than two hours after Dalilah Batey, 14, was shot and killed inside a home in the 9200 block of South Harper Avenue.
