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CHICAGO – Two teens were charged in the incident resulting in the Nov. 19 death of a University of Chicago Student.

In a videotaped statement on Nov. 28, one of the suspects, 16-year-old Eric Walker, admitted to shooting Amadou Cisse, 29. One of his parents was present during his confession. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder, three counts of armed robbery with a firearm, one count of attempted robbery with a firearm and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm.

Demetrius Warren, 17, was charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a weapon and three counts of armed robbery Nov. 29. Warren was not charged with murder.

Cisse was shot in the chest just outside his home as he was leaving a weekly ice cream social at the International House on the University of Chicago’s campus at 12:30 a.m. He was approached by the teens around 1:30 a.m.

According to police, the teens rented a silver Pontiac with two red doors from a neighborhood acquaintance. The car was later found on footage from two security cameras in the area.

Prior to Cisse being shot, two armed robberies took place near the school’s campus with one involving two women walking together and the other involving a man. Police believe that both suspects, as well as an additional person, were involved in those crimes.

Police are still investigating the case.

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CHICAGO – A graduate student at the University of Chicago was shot to death near his apartment off campus Nov. 19.

The victim was 29-year-old Amadou Cisse from Senegal. Police believe he might have been the target of an attempted robbery.

Within the hour that Cisse was shot, three other violent crimes occurred within blocks of each other, officials said. Around 12:30 a.m., a male university employee was shot at and chased, and was able to evade major injuries. Shortly after, two female undergraduates reported being robbed by a man who claimed he had a weapon at 1:15 a.m. Cisse was found murdered minutes after that.

Officials are still investigating the case to see if there are any connections between the three incidents.

E-mail and phone alerts about the violence were sent nine hours after the incidents, causing many to question why the university waited so long to inform the campus about the danger.

For others, the attacks were shocking. Students said they were familiar with the minor crimes occurring on campus, such as car break-ins, bicycle thefts. However, Cisse’s death is the first violent crime of a student near or on campus since July 1977.

University spokesperson Julie Peterson said that the school will implement new security measures immediately. Originally, only nine police cars patrolled the area at night. That has now increased to 23. The campus has also started a program that will drive students to their destinations late at night.

An emergency phone about a block from where Cisse was murdered had been removed due to construction. By Nov. 20, the phone was running.

The university will posthumously award Cisse his doctorate in chemistry Dec.7.

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