Street Named For Janari Ricks, 9-Year-Old Shot And Killed Outside Cabrini Rowhouses
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A posthumous honor for a boy killed in the Cabrini Green neighborhood this summer.
Today a street was named for 9-year-old Janari Ricks, who was shot and killed back in August. Family and friends gathered at the corner of Division and Cleveland, now recognized as honorary Janari Ricks Way.
They also released blue balloons in the boy's memory.
Janari was shot in the back when a gunman fired at a group of people in the 900 block of North Cambridge. Police say information from neighbors helped them arrest a suspect.
Darrell Johnson, 39, is charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail in Jarari's death.
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