I, myself am a proud graduate of Fenger Academy, won't give my name, but I have witness many things in my four years at Fenger. Fights after fights happened constantly, but there has never been anything as brutal as what you are about to witness. My prayers and remorse goes out to the family of Albert...
Three Teens Charged in Fenger Beating Death
Updated: Monday, 28 Sep 2009, 12:49 PM CDT
Published : Sunday, 27 Sep 2009, 9:12 PM CDT
* By Darlene Hill, FOX Chicago News
Chicago - Bond was denied Monday afternoon for three teens charged with murder in the beating death of a 16-year-old boy Thursday afternoon near Fenger High School in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.
Silvanus Shannon, 19; Eric Carson, 16; and Eugene Riley, 18, all of Chicago, are charged with one count each of first-degree murder, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton. Carson is being charged as an adult, and all three are scheduled for a bond hearing at noon.
Security around the school also have been increased after the incident.
A video obtained by FOX Chicago News helped Chicago Police in their investigation.
Derrion Albert, 16, was killed Thursday afternoon while walking home from school.
The honor-roll student was three blocks from Fenger High School when, witnesses said, gang members who were in the middle of fight started beating Albert.
Students said Albert was a smart, quiet kid who didn't hang out with others and was not in a gang.
Chicago Police told FOX Chicago News that the student who hit Albert with a board is now in police custody, and is being questioned.
A number of other students were picked up earlier Sunday afternoon.
Police said they are trying to figure out why the rival gangs are fighting and why Albert was savagely beaten.
Police and Chicago Public Schools are planning to boost security at Fenger Monday.
Three other students were beaten Thursday. One student, a senior at Fenger, had his jaw was broken. And he has already talked to Chicago police about who was out there and why students, some as young as 14 and 15 years old were fighting.
Security cameras in the area picked up some of the images fighting, but no faces were visible. Faces did, however, show on the camera of a man who caught the fighting on video. That man is also being questioned by police Sunday night.
Derrion Albert's mom said witnesses told her he was "trying to help another student and kind of got mixed in with the crowd of the fight and he was hit.”
A senior who witnessed the whole thing said the melee lasted less than five minutes.
By Darlene Hill, FOX Chicago News
My Own Thoughts: Was it actually worth killing someone over something so pathetic. I can give us South Chicagoan the benefit of the doubt because it is SO hard and depressing, but this was by far too much. This was not the first time a teenager was killed in the land of violence. We have to make things better or they're only going to get worse. This is our future we are watching, crumbling right before us. It's about time we do something about this.
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