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AN APPARENT BREAK IN THE
CASE OF A *** OF A
CHICAGO BABY.
JESSICA D'ONOFRIO JOINS US
LIVE FROM AREA CENTRAL
POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
>> THE SHOOTING DEATH OF
SIX-MONTH-OLD JONYLAH
WATKINS OUTRAGED THE CITY.
HER SHOOTER HAS BEEN AT
LARGE FOR MORE THAN TWO
MONTHS BUT IT APPEARS THAT
SEARCH IS OVER.
SOURCES TELL US THAT A
SUSPECT IS BEING QUESTIONED
HERE AT AREA CENTRAL POLICE
HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO
MONTHS SINCE SIX-MONTH-OLD
WAS KILLED ON THE SOUTH
SIDE.
THE YOUNG VICTIM OF VIOLENCE
WAS IN THE FAMILY'S MINIVAN
WITH HER FATHER WHEN A
GUNMAN WALKED UP AND OPENED
FIRE.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT REAL SOON
SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE
CHARGED WITH THE ***.
AS PA ARE PASTOR COREY
BROOKS HAS BEEN MINISTERING
THE PARENTS AND POLICE
BELIEVE THE GUNMAN WAS
TARGETING JOHNATHON WATKINS.
HE HAS A RECORD AND POLICE
SAY HE USED TO BE A GANG
MEMBER.
JOHNATHON WAS WOUNDED IN THE
SHOOTING AND HAS BEEN
HELPING POLICE WITH THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
>> WHATEVER THE POLICE ASKED
OF JOHNATHON TO DO IN HIS
POWER HE IS GOING TO DO IT.
HE HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE
SINCE DAY ONE, AND WHATEVER
HE CAN DO TO HELP THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SOLVE THIS CASE,
HE'S GOING TO DO THAT.
>> BROOKS SAYS THE BABY'S
DEATH MOTIVATED HER FATHER
TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND.
>> HE IS WORKING NOW.
THE FACT THAT HE IS GETTING
A G.E.D., ALL OF THAT STUFF
WAS NOT HAPPENING BEFORE, SO
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS AN
HORRIFIC THIN THAT HAPPENED,
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST
TO MAKE THEIR THEIR LIVES A
BETTER LIVES.
>> NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN
FILED AT THIS POINT BUT THEY
COULD COME WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS JESSICA D'ONOFRIO,
ABC 7 NEWS.