Michael Ward, top, and Kenneth Williams, bottom, are charged in the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, left.
Ray Hill, friend of Hadiya Pendleton's family, speaks to the media after bond hearing for Kenneth Williams and Michael Ward Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Ray Hill, friend of Hadiya Pendleton's family, speaks to the media after bond hearing for Kenneth Williams and Michael Ward Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Matthew McQuaid, attorney for Kenneth Williams, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Matthew McQuaid, attorney for Kenneth Williams, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Jeffrey Granich, attorney for Michael Ward, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Jeffrey Granich, attorney for Michael Ward, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Ray Hill, a friend of Hadiya's family, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Ray Hill, left, and David Smith, right, friends of Hadiya's family, speak after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
David Smith, a friend of Hadiya's family, speaks after the bond hearing for Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, charged in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Kenneth Williams / Photo from police News Affairs
Michael Ward / Photo from police News Affairs
15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Damon Stewart, File)
The gunman who allegedly killed Hadiya Pendleton in a South Side park chalked her death up to the collateral damage of an ongoing three-year gang war, telling police the 15-year-old girl had “nothing to do with it. She was simply there.” In bond court Tuesday, …
