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© Fox NewsDelfino Mora, 62, a father of 12 children, was attacked early Tuesday morning.
Three teens were playing a game they called "Pick 'Em Out and Knock 'Em Out" when they videotaped a deadly attack on a 62-year-old man last week that was recorded and posted on Facebook, prosecutors said today.

Malik Jones, 16, Nicholas Ayala, 17, and Anthony Malcolm, 18, were each charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the slaying of Delfino Mora, who was attacked while collecting cans in an alley in West Rogers Park last week.

Prosecutors said the teens had decided to play "Pick 'Em Out and Knock 'Em Out" when they spotted Mora about 5 a.m. in the alley near the 6300 block of North Artesian Avenue on the Far North Side.

Jones told the other two, " 'I think I'm gonna knock out this (expletive),' " then started the video recorder on his cell phone and handed it to Malcolm, Assistant State's Attorney Terry Clancy said in court today at a bond hearing for Ayala and Malcolm.

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© Chicago Police DepartmentMugshots of Nicholas Ayala, 17, left, and Anthony Malcolm, 18.
The three then surrounded Mora. Jones asked him if he had any money in his pockets, and when Mora did not respond, Jones punched him in the head, according to Clancy.

Mora fell to the ground and hit his head on the concrete with a loud crack that could be heard on the video, Clancy said.

Jones took $60 in cash from Mora's wallet and the three fled. Clancy said all three could be heard on the recording laughing about the attack.

Mora, of the 6000 block of North Washtenaw Avenue, was found unconscious but breathing about three hours later, prosecutors said. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in critical condition and died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner's office found that the 5-foot-7-inch Mora died from blunt head trauma in an assault.

The recording was later put on Jones' Facebook page and was viewed by a witness who knows Jones. That person shared the video with others until it was eventually seen by a co-worker of the victim's son, prosecutors said. The video was then taken to police by witnesses.

Judge Israel Desierto denied bail today for Malcolm and Ayala. Bail was denied for Jones on Sunday.

Family and supporters of Malcolm said outside court that he was a good kid who had never been in serious trouble before and wanted to go into law enforcement.

"He just got caught up with the wrong friends," said Melvin Corhn, a family friend. "We are deeply, truly hurt by what happened. It's unbelievable that someone would videotape this and put it on the Internet for publicity."

Malcolm's sister, Stephanie, said her brother was not the type of person she heard described in court.

"He just was at the wrong place with the wrong people," she said.