CHICAGO - An 18-year-old has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Pastor Corey Brooks’ godson last year on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

What we know:

Chicago police said 21-year-old Christion Tucker was shot multiple times around 7:17 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2024, while sitting inside his car in the 7200 block of South Washtenaw. He died at the scene.

"He was the last kid you would expect this to happen to. He was not a statistic. He was not "oh-he’s-from-the-South-Side-that’s-why." He came from a good family that loved him dearly. He was a good soul with so much to give to this world," Brooks wrote last year .

The gunman, who was a juvenile at the time of the shooting, was arrested Monday in the 1600 block of North Larrabee, according to police. He is charged with one felony co

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