ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via WLS logo

Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:43AM

CHICAGO (WLS) — A 17-year-old juvenile is now charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Simeon High School student.

Kentrell McNeal, 15, was killed in September 2021 in the 5200-block of Lake Park Avenue outside a Hyde Park McDonald’s

Another teen was also wounded in the shooting.

RELATED: 2 Simeon High School students killed in separate South Side shootings, Chicago police say

The juvenile was arrested Tuesday and was scheduled to appear in bond court Wednesday.

McNeal was part of Good Kids Mad City, a youth group fighting to end violence in the city.

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