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| Rondell Pinkerton 17, charged with the murder a 4 year old Lloyd Morgan. |
A 21-year-old man also was wounded in the shootout.
Information about the suspects' lawyers wasn't immediately available.
Yesterday, police said they were also questioning “several other people” in the shooting.
Cops had taken down crime-scene tape blocking off the shooting scene on Monday afternoon, allowing the public to walk around in it and a press conference to be held there.
But more than 18 hours later, at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, they returned to the scene, taped off the area again, and began closely searching the area for evidence with metal detectors, rakes and other tools.
Crime-scene cops soon found three previously undiscovered pieces of ballistics evidence, including a shell casing that was lying on the ground about 40 feet from where Lloyd was shot, sources said.
Forest Houses residents said they believe that some of the gunmen came from the nearby McKinley Houses, where thugs have been engaged in a rivalry with punks from the Forest Houses.
Family friend Melody Nelson, who helped set up a memorial outside Lloyd’s family’s home, said the arrest was “great news.”
“Of course, they’re all 17,” Nelson said.
“That’s what they do, they shoot.”
Pointing to Lloyd’s shrine, she said, “He’s not the only kid.
“There’s going to be a million more.”

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