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Man Pleads Guilty In Chicago Killing Of Dwyane Wade's Cousin

CHICAGO (AP) — One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade's cousin has pleaded guilty to murder.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge.

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FILE - This Aug. 28, 2016 file photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Derren Sorrells. Sorrells, one of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade's cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of Nykea Aldridge. He'll receive a 27-year prison term under a deal with prosecutors. (Chicago Police Department via AP, File)

Sorrells admitted to firing shots at a man he thought was in a rival gang. The bullets struck Aldridge as she pushed her infant daughter in a stroller along a street on Chicago's South Side.

Under a deal with prosecutors, Sorrells will receive a 27-year prison sentence. His brother, Darwin Sorrells Jr., has a hearing scheduled Wednesday.

Wade lashed out against Chicago's gun laws in the days after Aldridge's killing. He called them weak and urged officials in his hometown to make the city safer.

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