Four Arrested in Beating Death of Chicago Student

Mother Of Derrion Albert (Teen Who Was Beaten To Death In Chicago) Speaks Out!

In a videotaped confession, a 19-year-old Chicago man admitted that he pounced on the head of a high school honor student who lay on the ground during a melee that erupted between two rival groups, CNN reports.

The confessor, Sivanus Shannon said, too, that Derrion Albert never hit him. He was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time when the street fight escalated from a spat between two factions of students at Christian Fenger Academy High School on Chicago’s South Side, a spokeswoman from the Cook County State’s Attorneys Office said.

So far, authorities have arrested four teens in Albert's death. In addition to Shannon, the following suspects were taken into custody: Eric Carson, 16; and Eugene Riley, 18, who can be seen on the videotape attacking Albert; and 17-year-old Eugene Bailey. They were all charged with first-degree murder and held without bail, the spokeswoman said.

Derrion Albert was an "innocent bystander," prosecutors said. School let out at 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, and Albert was walking to the bus stop when two groups of students confronted each other on the street, according to the state’s attorney. They began fighting after a “gang-related” shooting earlier that day, police said.

Carson and an unknown person approached Albert, the prosecutors say. “Carson struck Albert in the head with a long wooden railroad tie, and the second person punched him in the face,” CNN reports. “Albert was knocked unconscious by the blows for a short period … but gained consciousness and quickly tried to move from the escalating street fight.”

An amateur videotape shot by a witness, which has been broadcast nationally, showed the attack unfolding. A local TV station that received the tape turned it over to police. The video shows that, as the attackers ran away, the person with the camera and several others approached Albert and carried him into a nearby building.

"Derrion, get up!" a female voice pleads on the video.

Albert was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and then to Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Simonton said.

Comment by Beat Nick aka Dat Inglewood BaBy on September 29, 2009 at 2:23pm: Wtf?

Comment by Fanchou Mayela on September 29, 2009 at 6:39pm: Derrion Albert rip brother

Comment by Franquetta Peak on September 29, 2009 at 10:34pm: Yall think all these ganges and shit cool but that shit is not. For the ones that did it i hope they rot in prison.

Comment by StackMoneyDontHate on September 30, 2009 at 1:33am: STUPID ASS TEENAGERS THINKING THAT BEING IN A GANG IS COOL, SO LIFE IN JAIL IS GOING TO BE THERE REWARD FOR STUPIDITY! I FEEL THE FAMILY THAT HAVE 2 GO THROUGH THIS TRADEGY & FUCK THE BITCH ASS N@@@AS THAT DONE THIS!

Comment by WestSide nigga TVLN5 on September 30, 2009 at 3:24am: yall know how it is in da chi they dont make it easy 4 us niggas up here we dont have as many opritunities like elsewhere we struggle and hustle 4 yall thinkin it all bout gangs thats all we got is the streets and drug 4 the nigga who cant play sport or stay in school or with out dads it's hard for us so that why we do what we do this chicago and this aint nothin comparted 2 da real shit that be happining out here

Comment by MICHAEL LIGHTFOOT on September 30, 2009 at 12:37pm: I REMEMBER LIL YUM YUM THATS MY ORIGANAL AREA BEFORE I DISCOVERD CHAMPAIGNE ILL THATS THE TRIPLE ACE ROSELAND AREA THE PERIMITER IS SERIOUS HALSTED BACK TO WENTWORTH STATE A MICHIGAN VERY EXCLUSIVE THINGS HAPPEN IN THAT AREA AKA THE WILD 100S LIGHTFOOT.

Comment by Steven on September 30, 2009 at 4:53pm: Damn man.. this the first time i seen the whole video.. My heart go out to his family and friends..

Comment by Tevin Grant on September 30, 2009 at 5:55pm: THIS WAS STUPID HE USED TO GO WITH HIM IN SCHOOL FRESHMEN BUT HE LEFT HE WAS QUIET AND TO HIMSELF AS I REMEMBER SHIT WAS BETWEEN THE BOYS FROM THE GARDENS DEVELOPMENT AND THE VILLE THEY BEEN INTO 4 A WHILE. THEY BEEN FIGHTING SINCE THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL AND THE DAY THIS HAPPEN IT WAS A SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL EARLY THAT DAY BUT I MOVED FROM CHICAGO BECUASE OF THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN CONDOLENCES TO THE FAM AND R.I.P DERRION

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