Charges announced in shooting death of 9-year-old

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CHICAGO (AP) — Four men have been charged in the death of a 9-year-old boy who was gunned down in a backyard after running from his Chicago home after becoming upset with his mother, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced Friday.

Charged with first-degree murder were Derrick Allmon, 19, Jabari Williams, 22, and Michael D. Baker, 19, in the death of Antonio Smith, McCarthy said. The fourth suspect hasn’t been identified.

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