Car owner kills teen suspect during attempted theft. Five other Chicago teens now face murder.

The murder charges against five Chicago teens in the death of a 14-year-old casts a light on so-called felony murder rules


A chaotic chain of events that began early Tuesday, when Illinois police say six teenagers from Chicago drove to a northern suburb and attempted to steal a car, has ended in murder charges against five of them. The Audi's owner, a 75-year-old man, told police he had watched a group of males trying to break into his vehicle outside of his Lake County home before 1:15 a.m. He grabbed his gun and as he stood outside on his porch, he said, they approached him. -- More...

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