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A teenager is accused of killing three people at a Bolingbrook home Sunday night pleaded not guilty in Will County District Court this morning.
Byrion Montgomery, 17, of the 200 block of Waterman Drive in Bolingbrook, is charged with nine counts of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, aggravated battery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. 40-year-old Cortez Daniels, 17-year-old Samia Shelton-Tilman and another girl, whose identity the police have not yet established, died.
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