“A man was brutally murdered in broad daylight in our community,” Fletcher added in a video, according to a Chicago Tribune transcript. “We have credible information that gang members perpetrated this heinous act of violence. ... Let me be very, very clear about this. If you are part of a gang or a group that intends to harm our community, we are looking at you and we are looking for you. You can make the choice to stop this violence, or we can make you stop the violence.”
A neighbor said Dillard and Hicks had been with each other for some time and had lived in their apartment for two years.
“She seemed to be nice, not a real rowdy person,” neighbor Coretha Higgins said, referring to Hicks.
