Family, frustrated with investigation of 14-year-old girl’s homicide, holds balloon release in her memory
CHICAGO — It’s been one year since 14-year-old Charity Johnson lost her life after a shooting in the city’s Austin neighborhood, and her family expressed frustrations with the progress of the police’s investigation at a balloon release in her memory Wednesday.
“[It’s] very hurtful and disappointing there’s been no update on the case,” said Felisa Johnson, Charity’s grandmother.
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Charity, who was a freshman at Michelle Clark Magnet High School on the West Side, was shot near West Madison Street and North Lorel Avenue after a fight broke out. She ended up spending a week in the hospital, where she underwent several surgeries, but later died from her injuries.
“It was a questioning and released,” said Charity’s father. “The person didn’t give any valuable information, not anything [The police] said was worth looking into, but everything is worth looking into when there’s a life that was taken.”
WGN News reached out to the Chicago Police Department for comment on the investigation into Charity’s death, who said they are still treating the incident as an active homicide investigation, but no one has been taken into custody in relation to the investigation.
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