Murder Of: Lil Tony

On July 16, 2011, at approximately 1:12 p.m., Tony McCoy, also known as Lil Tony, a THF 46 affiliate was walking with his friend "Jeremy" on East 47th Street near Woodlawn Avenue when a stolen 2008 blue Chrysler Sebring sedan pulled up and abruptly stopped. The gunman hopped out from the rear passenger side and fired shots while chasing the two. They both ran into a driveway where Jeremy escaped, but Lil Tony was struck in the back of his head, dropping him and the gunman stood over him firing two more shots to the back, before calmly walking back into the vehicle which fled eastbound on 47th. Lil Tony was pronounced dead at 1:18 p.m.

In November 2019, this murder was solved after an inmate in the Cook County Department Of Corrections stated out Lil Marc from Young Money 051 was the shooter, and T-Streetz from Young Money 051 was the driver. Both offenders are now deceased.

## Background

On July 16, 2011, at 1:00 p.m., 3 gang members from Young Money 051 approached a civilian and his friends outside a party at 1210 E. 52nd Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood and the gang members asked if the party's still going on. Suddenly, one of the gang members pulled out a handgun and told everyone to get on the ground. One of the civilians tried to grab his handgun but was pistol-whipped in the head and face, where Young Money 051 stole his cell phone and car keys and fled in the victim's blue 2008 Chrysler Sebring sedan.

## Shooting

On July 16, 2011, at 1:12 p.m., Lil Tony and his friend Jeremy were walking westbound on East 47th Street near Woodlawn Avenue after coming from Lake Park Avenue, when that blue 2008 Chrysler Sebring driving eastbound on 47th abruptly stopped. The rear passenger, described to be a 5'4-5'8 black male in a black hoodie exited the vehicle and started firing shots at the two. Lil Tony and Jeremy ran into the Greenwood Park Apartments driveway where the shooter chased them. Jeremy would escape but Lil Tony was shot in the back of his head making him fall to the floor with his hands on his face. The gunman walked up to Lil Tony, and shot him 3 more times in the back, before calmly walking back into the vehicle which fled on East 47th Street.

The driver later stopped at a parking lot on 6420 S. Cottage Grove Avenue where 4 individuals were attempting to set the car on fire. During the attempt, the driver partially burned himself but at the end, the vehicle exploded and the 4 males ran southbound in an alleyway and then escaped in a friend's car.

## Investigation

After Lil Tony was pronounced dead, his father came to the crime scene and told police someone threatened his son 2 days ago.

### **2011 Investigation**

On July 18, 2011, detectives interviewed residents of a building on 64th & Cottage Grove Avenue, a resident claimed she saw 4 males standing around the blue sedan, and described two of them one of them was a male wearing a navy blue Aeropostale shirt and the other one as a 17-20-year-old with dreadlocks and no shirt.

On July 18, 2011, detectives were contacted about a bus video of a CTA bus that was present during the shooting where detectives met up at 74th St CTA garage. The bus video showed the bus driving on 47th Street where it stopped at a red light on Ellis Avenue (2 streets away from Woodlawn Ave) while the Chrysler Sebring was seen driving north on Ellis, then going right on 47th Street. The bus then gets the green light and continues driving eastbound on 47th Street. The bus would stop again at a stop sign on Greenwood Ave (1 street away from Woodlawn Ave). At this time, the Chrysler Sebring is seen stopped at Woodlawn Avenue where a male got out, shots were fired, and then the male went back in the car. The bus continues to drive on 47th Street where Lil Tony was seen lying down on the ground, but the bus driver didn't decide to call 911 and continued driving.

### **2019 Investigation**

On November 6, 2019, an inmate in Cook County Department Of Corrections decided to tell detectives he had knowledge of Lil Tony's murder, and the shooter was Lil Marc from Young Money 051, with the driver being T-Streetz from Young Money 051, who are both deceased.