Derrion Albert's Beating Death Captured on Video in Chicago

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Derrion Albert!The footage shot by the girl provided an additional
CHICAGO — Three teens have been chargedvantage point to surveillance video that was shot
with first-degree murder in last week's beating deathfrom 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 EricThe three charged will appear in bond court Monday
Carson, 16, have been charged as adults inafternoon, 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 withBut some witnesses say he was only a bystander
wooden boards is depicted in a video that has beenswept into a violent fight. 
circulating on the Internet, and police were using thatWhile 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 shotpublic 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 wherefor 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 beforefeatured 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, theThe 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 repeatedlysaid. 
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!" oversaid Washington, 69. "When will it stop?