A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant to be found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020.
Davion Mitchell was found not guilty of murder and other felonies a week after jury selection began on April 4. In December, Cook County Judge Joanne Rosado found a co-defendant, Kevin Boyd, guilty of murder , but she acquitted the alleged getaway driver, Reginald Merrill. Charges are still pending against a fourth man, Boyd’s brother, Terrell Boyd.
Natalia, called Natalie by her family, was slain while playing outside with her cousins in the South Austin neighborhood, at least the 13th child 10 years old or under to be shot that year. She was the unintended victim of a revenge shooting, prosecutors had alleged…