By Nick Gale, WLS News

(CHICAGO) The reward being offered for information into the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in the Gresham neighborhood has grown to $35,000.

St. Sabina Parish and others are offering the reward in hopes someone will come forward with knowledge of the Monday afternoon shooting death of nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee.

“This was not a random killing. This was not a random shooting. This boy was executed,” said Father Michael Pfleger. “There were a number of children out there and when a nine-year-old baby has constant gunshots into his head and his body, it was a target. It was an execution by someone who obviously lost their humanity that you could shoot up a nine-year-old baby.”

Officials believe the boys killing may have been retaliation for his father’s role in a gang rivalry.

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