Eugene Riley, left, Silvanus Shannon, middle, and Eugene Bailey were charged with murder.
One of the suspects accused of killing an honor student in a beating captured on tape in Chicago has admitted to jumping on the victim's head after he was already lying on the ground, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney.
In the videotaped confession, 19-year-old Silvanus Shannon also said that the victim, Derrion Albert, 16, never struck him, said the spokeswoman, Tandra Simonton.
Three teens arrested in Albert's death -- Silvanus Shannon, 19; Eric Carson, 16; and Eugene Riley, 18 -- were seen on the videotape attacking Albert, and were charged with first degree murder and held without bail, Simonton said. Monday night authorities said they charged a fourth suspect, 17-year-old Eugene Bailey, with murder.
On Monday during the bond hearing, prosecutors described how the street fight escalated from a dispute between two factions at Albert's high school to a beating that left the honor student dead.
Prosecutors said Albert was an "innocent bystander" who ended up in the middle of a street fight between two factions of students at his school, Christian Fenger Academy High school, on Chicago's South Side.
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All three of these youths... Black, white, hispanic, chinese, whatever. They will now have to live with this the rest of their lives.... Any one of these boys... come and stand in front of me right now or anytime you ever get out of jail and you will pay dearly for what you did to this good kid. You will pay dearly. You are the weakest link to American youth. Get lost and get your toothbrush out and scrub that toilet... and while your at it, make me a new license plate. Suckers
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