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Second Man Charged in Shooting Death of 2-Year-Old

Chicago police say a second man has been charged in a shooting captured on video that killed two people, including a toddler, and wounded a pregnant woman.  Dionel Harris is charged with first-degree-murder in a shooting on Valentine's Day that killed 2-year-old Lavontay White and Lavontay's uncle, 26-year-old Lazaric Collins. 

The shooting, in a West Side Chicago alley, was partially captured on a Facebook Live video being streamed by the woman when the shooting started.  Last week, 26-year-old Devon Swan was charged with murder in the same shooting.

Lavontay was one of three children fatally shot within days of each other in Chicago.  Also killed were 11-year-old Takiya Holmes and 12-year-old Kanari Gentry-Bowers. An arrest was made and charges filed in Takiya's shooting death.

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