Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneKarla Lee, center, speaks at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee. Tyshawn was killed Nov. 2.
Eric Clark / Chicago TribuneA Chicago police officer marks the area where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was shot to death Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.
Brian Nguyen / Chicago TribuneDean Andrews, right, chief of detectives with the Chicago Police Department, speaks to the media Nov. 2, 2015, about the shooting death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, in the Gresham neighborhood.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneFinal preparations are made to the casket for Tyshawn Lee's body Nov. 9, 2015, before a visitation at Haven of Rest Church in Chicago. Tyshawn, 9, was fatally shot Nov. 2 on Chicago's South Side.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneKaisha Cole, 32, holds a sign at South Damen Avenue near 80th Street on Nov. 3, 2015, as Chicago police investigate the death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. The boy was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneAuburn Gresham neighborhood community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneA member of St. Sabina Catholic Church prays Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley in the Gresham neighborhood where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot a day earlier.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneFliers advertise a reward offered by St. Sabina Catholic Church and other area churches in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The boy was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneKarla Lee, center, speaks to Auburn Gresham community residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee's son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Nov. 2.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneAntwan Burns-Jones, 31, puts up a memorial to Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The nine-year-old was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneTheresa Wilson, center, grandmother of Tyshawn Lee, and family embrace after the sentencing of Dwright Doty and Corey Morgan for the murder of the 9-year-old in 2015.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneDwright Doty appears during opening statements in his trial for the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2019.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribunePatrol cars are parked outside Joplin Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2015, as investigators probe the death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot the day before in the Gresham neighborhood.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneHolding a football and her son's photo, Karla Lee, center, arrives at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public to help find the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son Tyshawn Lee the day before.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneKarla Lee, mother of Tyshawn Lee, speaks to the media on Dec. 18, 2019, after the sentencing of Dwright Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan for the murder of the 9-year-old in 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneChicago police officers talk Nov. 3, 2015, to neighbors along 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.
Eric Clark / Chicago TribuneChicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneCommunity activists and parents pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot a day earlier in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue.
Eric Clark / Chicago TribuneChicago police investigate the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.
Eric Clark / Chicago TribunePolice speak to people gathered near where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot Monday in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneDavid Lee, 23, left, Antwan Burns-Jones, 31, and William Moore, 35, are among the neighbors who brought items Nov. 3, 2015, to remember Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood the day before.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribunePierre Stokes, 25, talks about his son Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneAaron Fischer holds a sign reading "Tyshawn Matters" while standing in support of the 9-year-old boy Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn was shot and killed in an alley near the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 2.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday near 80th Place and Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribunePolice follow up on the shooting of Tyshawn Lee, 9, on Nov. 3, 2015, in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneCorey Morgan appears during opening statements in his trial for the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee at the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2019.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneKarla Lee — the mother of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood on Nov. 2, 2015 — faces media cameras after the slaying.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneChicago police officers investigate Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneChicago police officers take a close look at the ground on Nov. 3, 2015, near the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot on a day earlier.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police investigate the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 2, 2015, in an alley near 80th Place and Damen Avenue.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribunePaula Toliver, left, and Debra Butler pray at the memorial for 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneA Chicago police officer on Nov. 3, 2015, scans the area around the alley at 80th Street and South Damen Avenue, near where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot the day before.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks the media with the team of Assistant State's Attorneys who prosecuted Dwright Doty and Corey Morgan for the murder of the 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in 2015.
Eric Clark / Chicago TribunePeople react to the shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Monday as Chicago police investigate in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneKarla Lee, left, speaks Nov. 3, 2015, at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneA Chicago police officer helps Karla Lee, center, walk to the microphone before Lee spoke to Auburn Gresham neighborhood residents at an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department on the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Lee's son, Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley on Monday.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Michael Pfleger, holding flier at right center, and members of St. Sabina Catholic Church pray Nov. 3, 2015, in the alley where 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot the day before in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue, in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneAuburn Gresham community residents listen during an Operation: Wake Up! event put on by the Chicago Police Department in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue on Nov. 3, 2015. Tyshawn Lee, 9, was shot and killed in a nearby alley Nov. 2.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneTanesha Reed, the mother of slain Demarius Reed gets emotional on Nov. 3, 2015, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger talks at the site where Tyshawn Lee, 9, was fatally shot in Gresham neighborhood the day before. Demarius Reed, 21, was found shot to death on Oct. 18, 2013.
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Karla Lee, center, speaks at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee. Tyshawn was killed Nov. 2.
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Rewards being offered in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy on the South Side now total $35,000, according to organizers.
“We are getting a lot of people coming and sharing information,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church who is coordinating the rewards. “I’m confident that we’re going to get the person.”
Tyshawn Lee was gunned down in an alley in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood Monday afternoon, just doors from his home.
Police said he had been shot several times and may have been targeted because of his father’s involvement in recent gang-related killings. A person of interest was questioned late Wednesday and released. No one else is in custody.
Pfleger gave the following breakdown of the rewards offered so far:
* $5,000 from St. Sabina.
* $10,000 from two anonymous donors.
* $1,000 from community activist Andrew Holmes.
* $3,000 from the Beverly Area Planning Association.
* $1,000 from St. Columbanus.
* $15,000 from Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison, who runs a security company.
