3 accused of killing teen in retaliation for previous double homicide
CROWN POINT — Authorities arrested two men and a teenager Monday on charges they shot and killed a 16-year-old boy and attempted to kill two others in July in Gary in retaliation for an earlier double homicide, court records show. Devonte T. Phillips, 19, Christian I. Nelson, 17, and Thaddeus S. McWilliams, 18, all of Gary, are accused of targeting the family of Xavier Watson after Lake County prosecutors dropped murder charges in May against Watson and Mikal Franklin. Watson and Franklin initially were charged with murder in the May 18 shooting deaths of Trevion Hudnell, 19, andÃ...
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