3rd man charged in murder of 7-year-old girl at July 4 party on West Side

Natalia Wallace (left) was shot to death in the 100 block of North Latrobe Avenue in Austin on the Fourth of July. | Provided; Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A Wisconsin man is the third person charged in a Fourth of July shooting that killed a 7-year-old girl on the West Side, Chicago police announced Tuesday.

Terrell Boyd, 30, faces a first-degree murder charge in the murder of Natalia Wallace during a party in the Austin neighborhood, police said.

He was arrested Monday on a warrant in Racine, Wisconsin.

Natalia was playing on a sidewalk in the 100 block of North Latrobe Avenue when three men got out of a car and fired at least 20 times in the direction of the party, police said. The gunmen fatally struck Natalia and wounded a man believed to be their target.

Terrell Boyd

She was visiting her grandmother’s house for the family party.

Charges have already been filed against Reginald Merrill, the alleged driver in the shooting, and Davion Mitchell, one of the alleged shooters.

Police said they are still searching for Boyd’s brother in connection to the shooting.

Also Tuesday, a murder charge was filed in the shooting of 9-year-old Janari Ricks on the Near North Side.

Fifteen children have been shot to death in Chicago since June 20, according to Sun-Times records. Five of the victims were 10 years old or younger.

Boyd is due in court later Tuesday.