| View the UNCENSORED RAW Beating Video of | | | | and over again. |
| Derrion Albert! | | | | The footage shot by the girl provided an additional |
| CHICAGO — Three teens have been charged | | | | vantage point to surveillance video that was shot |
| with first-degree murder in last week's beating death | | | | from a camera on top of a nearby community |
| of a Chicago honor student, authorities said. | | | | center, The Tribune reported. |
| Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric | | | | The three charged will appear in bond court Monday |
| Carson, 16, have been charged as adults in | | | | afternoon, Conklin said. |
| Thursday's death of Derrion Albert, 16, Andy Conklin, | | | | Family members believe Albert was beaten on his |
| a spokesman for the Cook County state's attorney, | | | | way home from school for refusing to join a gang. |
| said Monday. Darrion Albert's beating death with | | | | But some witnesses say he was only a bystander |
| wooden boards is depicted in a video that has been | | | | swept into a violent fight. |
| circulating on the Internet, and police were using that | | | | While authorities processed the three teens in the |
| video to gather evidence. | | | | court system, mourners and other members of the |
| The video that runs nearly three minutes was shot | | | | public gathered outside Fenger High School. |
| by a teen girl who is a student at Fenger High School, | | | | The crowd was there to remember Albert, and called |
| the same South Side Chicago school near where | | | | for an end to violence. Within that crowd, a pot of |
| Albert was beaten,The Chicago Tribune reported. | | | | white flowers stood in front of two posters that |
| The girl showed the tape to Albert's family before | | | | featured photos of the slain youth. One poster was |
| turning it over the police and to a local Fox station, | | | | covered with handwritten memorials. |
| and has asked that her name be kept private | | | | "Derrion, you will be missed," one read. |
| because she fears retaliation, Eunice Cross, the | | | | The neighborhood around the school has long been |
| grandmother of Albert's half-sister, told The Tribune. | | | | plagued by gang violence, resident Mary Washington |
| On the tape, Albert is seen being struck repeatedly | | | | said. |
| with wooden boards and is shown on the ground. A | | | | "They're killing our children, our hope for the future," |
| woman's voice is heard crying, "Derrion, get up!" over | | | | said Washington, 69. "When will it stop? |