Bond denied for man charged in murder of Chicago nine-year-old: prosecutor

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Corey Morgan, 27, is shown in this booking photo taken and provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Cook County Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters

(Reuters) - Bond was denied on Friday to the man charged with murdering a 9-year-old Chicago boy, who was shot earlier this month in an apparent case of gang-related retaliation, the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois said.

Corey Morgan, 27, of Lansing, Illinois, has been charged with first-degree murder for killing Tyshawn Lee, police said on Friday.

(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; editing by Grant McCool)