Chicago cops seek 2nd teen in rape case

Chicago, April 3: An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, police said on Sunday.

A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police said it was looking for a 15-year-old suspect in the March 19 attack, which investigators have said involved five or six males. Investigators didn’t specify how many others would likely be charged, but they did say one adult male was among them. The 14-year-old arrested was scheduled to appear in juvenile court on Monday.

Police was careful not to release too many details of the ongoing investigation, but it did provide some that helped illustrate why Superintendent Eddie Johnson remained visibly upset as he has been since the investigation began.

Commander Brendan Deenihan said that the victim saw one of the suspects, whom she knew, on the day of the attack. She said the suspect “lured” her into the home of one of the offenders in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s West Side, where she also lives. “She was not allowed to leave and she did not consent to what occurred,” he said.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the girl was threatened by suspects, but he would not say what those threats entailed.

“It disgusts me that we have people who would look at those videos and not pick up a phone and dial 911,” he said.