Police charged a teenage boy with the murder of a University of
Chicago graduate student this morning.
Eric Walker, 16, of the 7700 block of South Marshfield
Ave. told detectives he was involved in the killing of Amadou Cisse, a police spokesman
said.
Cisse was shot in the chest in the early morning of Nov.
19, in front of his off-campus apartment at 61st Street and
Ellis Avenue.
Walker is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder. He
also faces robbery charges, police said.
Police said Walker was caught with help from witnesses and video
surveillance cameras which captured images of the get-away car.
Cisse was earning his doctorate in chemistry and was scheduled to
graduate next month. The university will award him the degree
posthumously.
There will be a memorial for Cisse Friday at 3 p.m. at the Bond
Chapel at 1050 E. 59th Street at the U of C Campus.
The university also set up a memorial fund for Cisse. Donations may be sent to the
Amadou Cisse Family Support Fund, c/o University of Chicago Bursar,
5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.
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