A judge Thursday denied bail for a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy accused in the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old and the wounding of his little brother earlier this month in Skokie, police said.
Details about a third person arrested will be announced at 3 p.m. Friday at the Skokie Police department, 7300 Niles Center Road.
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Richard Banks, 22, and Christian Anderson, 16, both of Chicago, were charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Jeremiah Ellis and attempted murder and aggravated battery for the attack which happened May 14 in the 4700 block of Main Street, Skokie police said in an emailed statement.
Anderson was charged as an adult.
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Jeremiah’s 5-year-old brother suffered a graze wound.
Jeremiah was found when police officers rushed to the scene of “shots fired” and found two boys wounded in an apartment building in the 4700 block of Main Street just after midnight May 14, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The North Regional Major Crimes Task Force was investigating the shooting, but Skokie police asked anyone with information to contact investigators at 847-982-5900 or the 24-hour Skokie crime tip hotline at 847-933-8477.
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