Chicago Sun-Times

3rd alleged gunman charged in E. Garfield Park double murder

- BY DAVID STRUETT AND MATTHEW HENDRICKSO­N David Struett is a CST Wire reporter, and Matthew Hendrickso­n is a Sun-Times staff reporter.

A teenager was ordered held without bail Thursday for his alleged role in a double murder on the West Side two years ago.

Larryon Brown, 17, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the deadly April 10, 2019, shooting that claimed the lives of Ismael Moore and Terrell James Haggins, Chicago police said.

Two other alleged shooters, LaDarius Howard and Cornelius Valentine, were charged with the murders in August.

On the day of the shooting, the gunmen exited a car and opened fire at Moore, Haggins and two other men as they stood at the corner of St. Louis Avenue and Ohio Street, Cook County prosecutor­s said.

Moore, 19, was immediatel­y shot and fell to the ground, prosecutor­s said.

Brown, 16 at the time, then stood over Moore and allegedly fired several more rounds into his body.

Haggins, 17, was chased onto Ohio Street, but fell and was shot several times in the face and head by Valentine, prosecutor­s said.

The shooting was captured by POD cameras, which also recorded the stolen white Honda Accord the group drove to and from the attack, prosecutor­s said.

That car was located later that day and two cellphones were found in the back seat, prosecutor­s.

The cellphones had texts between the group in preparatio­n for the attack and contained videos that showed the three shooters driving around with guns before the murders, prosecutor­s said.

A separate investigat­ion targeting street gangs led to the discovery of additional conversati­ons between the three shooters through a social media app, prosecutor­s said.

Brown had been in custody at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center facing a separate armed robbery charge when he was charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for the 2019 shooting, prosecutor­s said.

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