Triple Killing Suspect Missed Target

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 27, 2009 7:40PM

Earlier today we mentioned the arrest of Martin Ybarra, the man accused of killing three Southeast Side teenagers last week. Court documents released today outline what happened and it appears as if, in a very cruel twist of fate, none of the three boys killed were his intended target. Ybarra was aiming at a gang rival but missed, instead shooting Raheem Washington who was hit five times. Then, flee, Ybarra hopped in a car and fired again and, once again, missed his target and hit Kendrick Pitts, who was with the target, and also struck Johnny Edwards, who seems to have been simply walking home from school with a brother. The detailed documents were released at a hearing today at which Judge Maura Slattery Boyle denied bail for Ybarra.