IT HITS DIFFERENCE WHEN IT’S BY THE HANDS OF YOUR OWN CHILD
CHICAGO (WLS) — A teenager is now charged in the murder of his mother at their family’s South Shore home. Chicago police said the 17-year-old boy, Davion Pryor, shot Tatanisha Jackson, 43, on Thursday afternoon in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue while their family members were watching. The teen has now been charged as an adult with first degree murder in connection to the slaying. Dressed in an orange juvenile detention shirt and jeans, Pryor appeared in court Saturday, where new details were revealed in the murder case. Pryor is accused of pulling out a gun and shooting his mother in the head four times in front of the teen’s father and 7-year-old brother, who they’d just picked up from school During the hearing, authorities said before the family arrived home, the teen had called his mother to talk to her about someone drinking alcohol on the back porch.
The teen’s father and brother, who witnessed the attack, told police it was as Tatanisha unlocked the home’s front door when Pryor opened the door and then pointed a gun at his mother and opened fire at nearly point-blank range. She was shot in the head four times.
