Lavontay White Jr. Murder: 2 More Charged In Fatal Valentine's Day Shooting Of 2-Year-Old

CHICAGO, IL — Two more men were arrested in connection with the fatal Valentine's Day shooting of a 2-year-old boy and his uncle that also wounded the uncle's pregnant girlfriend, who streamed the incident on Facebook Live, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced at an unrelated press conference Friday.

Doniel Harris, 19, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder, and he is being held without bail at Cook County Jail. According to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Jeremy Ellis, 19, faces the same charges in the case, and his bail hearing is scheduled for Saturday, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Devon Swan, 26, was the first suspect arrested and charged a week ago in the triple shooting that prosecutors said Friday was payback for an earlier killing allegedly involving Collins. Swan also is behing held without bail.

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Lavontay White Jr., who had turned 2 only two weeks earlier, and his 26-year-old uncle, Lazarec Collins, were both shot in the head as they sat in a car Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the 2300 block of South Kenneth Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood. Collins' 20-year-old pregnant girlfriend, who streamed video footage of the shooting on Facebook Live, was wounded in the stomach as she fled the scene. The woman, who was four months along, lost her unborn child Feb. 17.

According to prosecutors, Harris allegedly drove up in a blue Chevrolet Spark belonging to Swan's girlfriend and was one of two gunmen who opened fire on the trio in the car, the Tribune reports. Prosecutors said Collins was targeted because the alleged shooters blamed him for the murder of one of their brothers, the report added.

A fourth suspect is still awaiting charges in the case, the report stated.

More via the Chicago Tribune

Doniel Harris, 19 (photo via Cook County Sheriff's Office)

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