15-year-old boy found shot to death blocks from President Obama’s home [View all]

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Source: Chicago Sun-Times

When Timika Rutledge didn’t see her son — nicknamed “Cornbread” — waiting for her on the corner Monday night, she immediately got a bad feeling.

After the police cars swooped in, she soon learned that her 15-year-old son, Cornelius German, was lying dead in a nearby backyard, shot only four blocks from President Barack Obama’s home in the 5000 block of South Greenwood.

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Police say the teen was shot in the back about 9:40 p.m. Monday in the backyard of a home in the 5000 block of South Evans. Cornelius, of the 1000 block of East Hyde Park, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said Cornelius was affiliated with a gang, which Rutledge denies, although she acknowledged that his older, rougher friends were probably involved with gangs.

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