Chicago police Saturday were reviewing a video showing the melee that left a Fenger Academy High School student beaten to death this week. Derrion Albert, 16, found himself in the middle of a deadly melee with dozens of teenage boys Thursday afternoon in a vacant lot outside the Agape Community Center, 342 W. 111th St., in the Roseland neighborhood. He was later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Officials and witnesses say the melee was a culmination of a simmering rivalry between two groups of Fenger students, one that lived near the school and the other from the Altgeld Gardens housing development. Neighbors said the feud has been building since August, spilling across Roseland streets and, some say, into Fenger.
Albert's family was squeamish about watching the video and not all of them were able to watch the whole thing. But they said they don't have a problem with the public watching the graphic video as long as it helps identify who beat Derrion to death. "It hurt to watch," said LaTonia Williams, the teen's aunt. "It's one thing to hear about it and come up with your own theory of what happened. To see it is another thing. It gave us a real clear picture of what happened. That video was crucial."
The video was obtained by Fox Chicago News and a copy was given to Chicago police, according to a Calumet Area detective. Police this morning said no one was in custody in connection with Albert's death. Please note the video contains graphic violence. If you can identify any of the people allegedly invoved in the death of Derrion Albert please call the Chicago Police Dept. at 312-747-8272.-chicago tribune
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