Teen shot, killed while fleeing carjackers

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and loved ones gathered Friday to retrieve an 18-year-old who was changeable and killed during a carjacking connected Chicago's South Side.

Will McGee was conscionable shy of getting his precocious schoolhouse diploma earlier helium was gunned down.

"They conscionable took a bully kid. My baby," said his mother, Larena Lillard. "And if we support allowing it, it'll beryllium idiosyncratic else's son."

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"He made everybody grin by the mode helium act, oregon who helium met," said his older sister, Daisy McGee. "Everybody loved him! And it's conscionable brainsick that truthful galore radical loved him!"

McGee was connected East 98th Street conscionable disconnected of South Drexel Avenue Thursday day erstwhile constabulary accidental idiosyncratic targeted him successful a carjacking conscionable earlier 2 p.m.

His household said helium texted loved ones portion helium was being surrounded by aggregate vehicles.

"And arsenic helium commencement to moving from him, 1 of the guys changeable him successful the back. Killed him ... arsenic helium was moving away, fleeing from them!" the Rev. Willie McGee, his father, said. "They could've had the car. They could've had immoderate of that. I would've gave anything. I would've gave my beingness for my son!"

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His lifeless assemblage was near connected the acold pavement portion investigators said the fishy drove distant with his metallic Chevy Equinox. According to household members, the conveyance was recovered a abbreviated clip later, but the car thief was obscurity to beryllium found.

"I conscionable didn't judge it was him," his parent said. "And I inactive didn't judge it until they fto maine spell successful and spot him... It hurts. I truly privation them to find who did this. We request immoderate justice!"

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Family members said McGee had saved up to bargain the caller car. He was a elder astatine Excel Academy of Roseland and had conscionable won homecoming king. He was a teen with a agleam aboriginal up whose beingness was chopped abbreviated earlier helium could scope his goals.

McGee planned to enlist successful the subject aft precocious school, and helium died connected Veterans Day.

"I'll ne'er get implicit this! Never! This is thing I tin ne'er successful my beingness get over," his begetter said.

As constabulary proceed to hunt for the fishy oregon suspects successful the case, household members program to laic McGee to remainder connected Monday.