The man charged with the execution-style slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in November in Chicago had planned to kidnap the boy and torture him by cutting off his fingers and ears, Chicago law enforcement authorities say.
During a press conference Tuesday, prosecutors and Chicago police officials accused
Dwight Boone-Doty of luring Tyshawn away from a basketball court by offering to take him to the store.
Investigators claim that several witnesses reported seeing Boone-Doty and Tyshawn walk off together into an alleyway, where the boy was shot to death, according to Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
"Once they reached the middle of the alley, Boone-Doty took out a gun and shot Tyshawn multiple times at close range," Alvarez told reporters. "The defendant was facing the child when he shot him."
Alvarez said on Tuesday that Boone-Doty also told police he had wanted to kill Tyshawn's grandmother, who lives not far from the murder scene.
Alvarez added that Boone-Doty claimed he was writing a rap song about Tyshawn's death when police filed charges against him.