CHICAGO (AP) — A jury could soon get the case of a man who prosecutors say shot and killed a 15-year-old high school honor student who became a national symbol of Chicago gun violence.
Defendant Kenneth Williams listens during the trial for the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Williams, one of two men charged in the 2013 death of the 15-year-old high school honor student who became a national symbol of Chicago gun violence was found guilty Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, of first-degree murder. Williams, was accused of being the getaway driver on the afternoon when Pendleton was shot to death as she and several other students visited a park at the end of a school day. (Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
Closing arguments are planned Thursday in the case of Micheail Ward, who is accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton as she and several other students visited a park at the end of a school day in 2013. He declined to testify on his own behalf.
Pendleton died just days after she performed as a majorette with her high school band at President Barack Obama’s inauguration festivities.
Ward’s co-defendant, Kenneth Williams, was found guilty Wednesday of charges including first-degree murder. He was accused of being the getaway driver. Two separate juries were empaneled to hear the cases against the men.
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