Three teenagers accused of killing a 62-year-old father-of-12 in West Rogers Park were playing a game called “Pick ‘em out and knock ‘em down” when they videotaped themselves punching him in the face, prosecutors say.

Malik Jones, 16, Nicholas Ayala, 17, and Anthony Malcolm, 18, were caught after the video of Jones fatally punching Delfino Mora was posted on Jones’ Facebook page, according to authorities.

The three were playing a “game where the offender picks an innocent victim and knocks him out by striking him and likely robbing him as well,” Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Terry Clancy told Judge Israel Desierto in court Monday.

Similar attacks -- some resulting in death -- have previously been reported in Missouri, New Jersey and Decatur. The game also goes by the name “Knockout King,” and experts say it is a grab for attention.

Prosecutors did not mention the game Sunday when Jones appeared before a judge on first degree murder charges in the most recent case, but gave a more detailed account of the crime when his two alleged accomplices made their first appearance in court Monday.

They allege Jones struck the fatal blow and owns the cell phone used to film Mora’s murder in the alley on the 6300 block of North Artesian early July 10.

Jones spotted Mora, a salvager who was collecting empty pop cans, and told the others, “I think I’m going to knock this m----------- out,” Clancy said. She said Jones then handed Ayala his cell phone, and Ayala passed it on to Malcolm, who recorded Jones as he approached Mora.

The prosecutor said Jones punched Mora in the jaw after asking him, “You got any money in your pockets?”

When Mora collapsed, Malcolm continued to film the incident, then all three teens ran away, she said.

Jones and Ayala then returned to the alley, where Jones stole $60 from Mora’s wallet and gave Ayala $20, according to the prosecutor, who said all three defendants left the area “laughing about victimizing the old man.”

Minutes later, they allegedly took $1 by force from a second victim, a 64-year-old man.

Mora was found at the scene three hours later, with blood coming from a nostril and vomit next to his head. He was declared dead the next day at St. Francis Hospital...

According to police reports, Jones and Ayala are both members of the Latin Kings street gang. All three teens have been charged as adults with first-degree murder and are being held without bail. They’ve all confessed, prosecutors say.

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Editor's Note: This is the kind of thug crap that is destroying this country. Progressive politicians in control of urban areas are more concerned with the "rights" of the victims than the "rights" of law-abiding citizens. It is also obvious that once a child is corrupted by the intellectually stunted reach of the gang mentality, that rehabilitation is an extreme long shot. Therefore, the handcuffing of society to affect justice by employing hyper-sensitivity to the "rights" of gang members to consider themselves victims must cease. Additionally, while everyone is guaranteed due process under the law, once convicted, prisons and jails should be brutally harsh for those convicted of violent and gang crimes. When prison becomes a networking place for the dregs of the Earth we, as a society, breed a criminal culture devoid of ethics and morals.


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