by her a little friend of the seven-year-old says the boy often cried about the abuse. 11-year-old laquan jones tells me he was devastated to learn of the death of his friend who lived across the street in this south-side apartment near 19th and mineral. >> i was mad and disappointed because he died. he was like one of my best friends. >> jones says he often played with the seven-year-old boy who recently moved here from arkansas with his little brother. >> every single time he would come over here he used to be crying, or sad or disappointed and stuff. the women arrested in connection to the death of the seven-year-old served 18 months in prison for her involvement in the 2003 death of a one-year-old baby. we reached out to the 44-year-old woman's adult daughter, who says she hasn't spoken to her mother because of the abuse she suffered growing up. she also told 12 news the 47-year-old woman arrested tuesday is a former drug addict. police also took two men into custody. it's unclear the relationship would never let him play at that apartment. >> i was scared to go over there because he

. >> mosley said he's not worried about the case and his thoughts are about laquan and the approaching birth of his daughter. >> me and la'quan were in jail. yesterday it was our anniversary. i'm still rocking with her. she still rocks with me. we're going through it, no matter what the circumstances is or outcome is, that's my girl and i'm still rocking with her. >> because of the severity of their charges, mosley and brown both say they expect to still be in jail when their baby is born. >> knowing that i'm going to be having her here is hard. like at first i kept saying i'm going to be home before i have my child, but now that i see i'm not going to be home it makes me cry when i think about it, because i'm not going to be able to enjoy the most special part of my child's life right now. she didn't ask to be here and i can't do anything about it. i've got to just deal with it. >> i can't do nothing for her. i can pray for her and hope she's over there doing good. i could think about it all day, what is she doing, what's my little girl doing. i can't do nothing. at the end of the day

gary mccarthy who lost his job in the wakes of the laquan mcdonald videotape shooting says the reason bloodshed policing has become politicized and the cops are hamstrung. >> the politicizing of policing is ending up killing more black lives. the number of police-related shootings in this city is less than half of 1% of the shootings in the city of chicago. so what does that mean? 99.6% of the shootings are civilian on civilian, generally, black on black. 80% african-americans are dying and it is 90% increase from two years ago. reporter: christmas weekend alone 12 people were killed by gunfire in chicago. 11 of the murders were gangland retaliations. the reason for the timing was because the gang rivals knew they would be home. there will be demonstrators out this weekend. the focus of the demonstration is intended to be anti-gun violence. however the organizer of these demonstrations, father michael flager, well-known, chicago activist, admits when you have a big demonstration like this people descend on it, always a chance the message will get diluted. trish? trish: mike tobin. tha

laquan hall, monty beckman, and rico stewart. stewart is a juvenile but was charged as an adult because of the fully loaded weapon that was found on him. >> they were all four taken to our district three station where they have been charged with this crime. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, police have tips for how to meet someone online. and what prince george's county police found inside of that apartment when they searched it. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> developing now in syria, the evacuation of residents from the city of aleppo ground to a screeching halt today. the convoy of buses seen leaving the city with no passengers. a cease-fire down after a confrontation on one of those buses. thousands of people are still trapped in the eastern part of that city this evening. a mother and daughter have posted multiple updates on their -- of their struggle on twitter. richard engel posted this update earlier today where the two made a plea to first lady michelle obama. [ inaudible ] >> hello, mrs. obama. please help us. >> syria's p

laquan hall, monty beckman, and rico dequan stewart. stewart is a juvenile but was charges as an adult because of the fully loaded weapon found on him. prince george's county police have this tip for anyone who is meeting someone online foth meet them in a public location where there are a lot of witnesses. just in case something goes wrong. >> prince george's county police say they're investigating this group to see if they have done anything like this before. outside prince george's county police headquarters, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> we're getting a clearer picture of a police-involved shooting earlier at a fairfax hospital. a deputy shot and killed a man outside the hospital in a report out today from the virginia commonwealth attorney, we learned police thought the man had a sword based on 911 communications from the hospital. in reality, the man had used a sign post to hit and injure a security guard, which is what prompted them to call 911. the report found that the officer was not criminally responsible for the homicide. >> a