Daryl Lee / Photo from Chicago Police
Daryl Lee has been arrested in Iowa and charged with murder for allegedly shooting 16-year-old Marquis Harris in January.
Lee, 20, was arrested May 16 in Des Moines, Iowa, on warrants for first-degree murder, possession of a controlled substance and reckless conduct, police said.
Authorities claim Lee used a .45 caliber handgun to fatally shoot Harris in the chest about 11:15 p.m. Jan. 11 at a gathering in a second-floor apartment in the 6200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue.
Harris was arguing with his girlfriend when Lee, a friend of the girlfriend, intervened, police said.
Lee left the gathering, then returned and shot Harris in the chest, authorities said.
Harris, who lived on the same block where he was shot, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Marquise Harris / Photo from Twitter
The victim’s mother, Patricia Harris, told NBC Chicago the shooting occurred in their home and the gunman was a neighbor.
“He went to school every day like I told him to do, and if he did anything wrong, I would put him on punishment and take his games away from him … He was 16 years old and he never disrespected no grown person,” she said.
Lee, of the 3900 block of South Lake Park Avenue, is expected to appear in court for a bond hearing on Saturday.