Two arrested over Hadiya Pendleton homicide

This undated family photo provided by Damon Stewart shows 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago. / AP

Chicago police have arrested and are questioning two people in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the high school student who performed at several presidential inaugural events in January.

Police spokesperson Melissa Stratton confirmed to CBS affiliate WBBM Newsradio that "two persons of interest are in custody and the investigation remains ongoing."

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Stratton also confirmed that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called Pendleton's mother on Sunday.

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Pendleton, 15, was gunned down in a Chicago park on January 29. She and about a dozen schoolmates were sheltering themselves from rain under a canopy when a gunman jumped a fence and opened fire. Police said Pendleton was not the gunman's intended target. Another boy was also shot in the leg and was treated at the hospital.

Pendleton was a majorette with the King Collage Prep High School band, which performed at several inaugural events in Washington.

First Lady Michelle Obama attended the teenage girl's funeral Saturday. An official told CBS News that Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan also attended.

[Little_Old_Lady]

sickofwhiners replies: Obama has deported more Mexicans than Bush did. Look it up. Also they generally do not release the names if they are minors.
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That is a misleading statement. Deportation numbers have gone up every year regardless of who was president at the time.

The point is, Obama gave amnesty from justice to over a million illegal Mexicans. Reagan made the same stupid mistake.

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[raymailhot]

A girl dies in Chicago (out of 500+ this year) and our president is going to make political hay out of it... because?

His people run the town, his personal friend is the mayor! When are the people of Chicago going to demand better results?

[swandive78]

So very sad. Rest In Peace dear child.

[CA0646]

Perhaps after President Obama gets all guns banned for citizens in the United States, Jesus Karam (Attorney General for Mexico) will return our Attorney General, Mr. Holder's, favor and provide our drug cartels with 2000 assault rifles.
I mean, fair is fair.

[Johnny_Cohchran]

troll

[raymailhot]

Johnny - you have to say something before signing off!

[gpx21dlr]

So they catch 2 thugs, 2 or more will take their place. This will go on and on ad infinitum. I grew up in NYC lower east side in the "West Side Story" era. The thugs had guns then too, not as many but if you wanted one, for the right price, you could easily obtain one. And so it has continued from my days in 1959 to now, 2013 and tomorrow 20XX.

[raymailhot]

And no one says anything worth while to solve a chronic social issue, except disarm everyone else?

[mm2327]

So, when are they going to release the names of the drug cartel gang bangers who shot this young woman, or is it a violation of Obama's Chicago style PC, where you can't mention fact that illegal aliens/Hispanics murder innocent people, especially when Obama's trying to give amnesty to untold millions of said criminals, rapists, murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers?

[sickofwhiners]

Obama has deported more Mexicans than Bush did. Look it up. Also they generally do not release the names if they are minors.

[Ulgnud]

Sick, He also wants to give Amnesty to millions more. So which way is it. Enforce the law entirely, or grant Amnesty and open the floodgates for millions more.