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Teens charged in slaying of Englewood girl
June 26, 2009 5:57 PM | No Comments | UPDATED STORY

A 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were charged today in connection with a shooting that killed a 9-year-old Englewood girl and injured three other people, including her father, authorities said this afternoon.

Davionne Whitfield, of the 7400 block of South Normal Avenue, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the slaying of Chastity Turner, said the Cook County state's attorney's office. Whitfield was also charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.

The 19-year-old charged in connection with the shooting was Gerald Lauderdale, also of the 7400 block of South Normal. He was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, Chicago police said.

Authorities could not release further information about the suspects this afternoon.

Chastity's father, Andre Turner, who was wounded along with two of his friends, may have been an intended target and was said initially to not being cooperative with investigators, police sources said Thursday.

Police Supt. Jody Weis had said the shooting was gang-related and he credited the neighborhood for helping investigators.

The shooting happened about 7 p.m. Wednesday in the 7400 block of South Stewart Avenue.

Chastity was washing the family's pit bull terriers with her father on the side of the family's apartment building when a van pulled up and someone began shooting. The girl was struck in the back and her father was wounded in the arm and leg. Two friends of the father were also hit.

--Jeremy Gorner and Angela Rozas