



RACINE COUNTY (WITI) -- His rap song posted online serves as a sort-of confession. Now, 15-year-old Tommy Canady of Racine has been officially charged in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Semar McClain. The 15-year-old boy is being charged as an adult.





Semar McClain





Tommy Canady sat in court on Thursday, August 6th with his head down, as family members of Semar McClain looked on in disbelief.



"Just why? What was your purpose? My brother didn't do nothing to nobody," McClain's sister Semaja McClain said.



McClain was gunned down in an armed robbery incident on July 29th -- near Blake Street and Albert Street. McClain's family members tell FOX6 News he was in town for a friend's funeral -- and now, they're planning for his own.



Tommy Canady faces two charges in thecase -- both felonies. He faces one count of first degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, and one count of robbery, use of a dangerous weapon.



The criminal complaint filed against Canady says police were dispatched to the 1300 block of Blake Avenue in Racine around 5:00 p.m. on July 29th -- for a report of a man down.



There, they discovered Semar McClain dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. McClain's body was discovered in a backyard in the 1300 block of Blake Avenue -- near an east alley.



The complaint against Canady says an evidence technician with the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office recovered a projectile from McClain's right temple area.





Tommy Canady





The complaint says in the early morning hours of July 29th, police responded to