Overview

• A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the July 23 West Lawn shooting
• Police say the suspect fired at two brothers just after 11:30 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Avers Avenue as they walked with a group
• The elder brother, 18, was struck in the head and died at Christ Hospital while his 15-year-old sibling was grazed in the cheek and remains in good condition
• Officers arrested three individuals about four blocks away on the 6800 block of South Pulaski Road and recovered two firearms inside a rideshare vehicle
• The unnamed suspect’s identity is protected by juvenile confidentiality rules as authorities confront a yearlong rise in youth-involved gun violence