Two men arrested for Hadiya Pendleton's murder

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Kenneth Williams, 20, left, and Michael Ward, 18, right, were charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm according to The Chicago Tribune . Ward confessed to police  that he thought Hadiya's friends shot Williams last summer after being arrested on their way to celebrate at a strip club

Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were each charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in the Jan. 29 attack that also left two teens wounded.

2 men arrested for connection to Hadiya Pendleton's murder

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According to the Chicago Tribune to men were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting of Hadiya Pendleton. For those of you who are not familiar with the story Hadiya was a young girl who has brought even more pressure to gun control laws after she was gun down outside of her school just days after performing with her school marching band during the presidential inauguration.

Chicago police picked up the two men, 18 and 20, were picked up over the weekend, hours after first lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral for the teenager whose death has become a symbol of escalating violence in Chicago.