--- description: In early November, Lee was lured into an alley and shot multiple time title: Tyshawn Lee Shooting: Chicago Man Corey Morgan Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd3774ac2d7db7f4/69886ff6cd1bba770a6fdfe4/tyshawn-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chicago Man Arrested Over 9-Year-Old Boy's Shooting by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2015 5:03 PM CUT  A makeshift memorial sits where Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2015. A makeshift memorial sits where Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2015.Teresa Crawford—AP by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2015 5:03 PM CUT Police in Chicago have [arrested a man](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/27/chicago-police-arrest-man-gang-hit-9-year-old-tyshawn-lee/76443522/ "undefined") in connection with the brutal gangland shooting of a 9-year-old boy. The suspect was identified as Corey Morgan by Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy during a news conference. On Nov. 2, Tyshawn Lee was lured into an alley and shot multiple times. A basketball that he always carried with him was found near the scene of the crime. Police believe he was targeted [due to his father’s ties to gang activity](http://time.com/4103073/9-year-old-killed-in-chicago-was-targeted-because-of-father-police-say/ "undefined")— a charge his father, Pierre Stokes, denies. “Tyshawn Lee was murdered in probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime that I’ve witnessed in 35 years of policing,” McCarthy told reporters on Nov.5. Morgan was questioned two days after Lee’s murder and was released. He was arrested two weeks later for an unrelated weapons violation. Bond was set at $1 million, but Morgan was released after posting $100,000. The Chicago Police Superintendent had previously described the boy’s murder as part of a string of violence between rival gangs on Chicago’s South Side, which started in August. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/27/chicago-police-arrest-man-gang-hit-9-year-old-tyshawn-lee/76443522/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4128216/chicago-shooting-tyshawn-lee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4128216/chicago-shooting-tyshawn-lee/"},"headline":"Chicago Man Arrested Over 9-Year-Old Boy's Shooting","datePublished":"2015-11-27T17:03:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:55:59.326Z","description":"Tyshawn Lee was shot multiple times in a gangland-style execution","url":"https://time.com/4128216/chicago-shooting-tyshawn-lee/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd3774ac2d7db7f4/69886ff6cd1bba770a6fdfe4/tyshawn-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd3774ac2d7db7f4/69886ff6cd1bba770a6fdfe4/tyshawn-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chicago Violence Child Shot","caption":"Chicago Violence Child Shot","creditText":"Teresa Crawford—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4128216/chicago-shooting-tyshawn-lee/","name":"Chicago Man Arrested Over 9-Year-Old Boy's Shooting"}}]}] ```