As childhood friends Monterio Williams, 17, and Robert Boston, 16, left a downtown high school at dismissal time in late January , three masked gunmen pulled up in a stolen SUV and shot and killed the boys in broad daylight, prosecutors said in court Saturday.
The year-old Pullman man, who faces first-degree murder and attempted-murder charges, was identified by witnesses and through Instagram posts, according to prosecutors.
There was a history of disputes between the gunmen and the victims, prosecutors said. A surveillance camera at a nearby business captured what happened when the boys left school around p. A dark blue Infiniti SUV with no front license plate pulled up in front of the school doors. The three shooters, all masked, got out of the vehicle and ambushed the boys from behind as they walked in front of CTA elevators.
The gunmen fired for about 15 seconds, prosecutors said, as pedestrians ran for cover and the boys fell to the ground. Williams sustained six gunshot wounds and Boston had three.
Both were pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Multiple witnesses observed the shooting and saw the men carrying pistols; the witnesses included the driver of a nearby BMW, a valet driver parked in front of a jewelry store and another student at Innovations High School who the boys were with seconds earlier, prosecutors said. Police also recovered 22 fired cartridge casings that analysis showed were from three guns.
