Employee ordered detained in shooting that killed 2 in Southwest Side fast-food restaurant
Surveillance video shows the two men being shot and killed at the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave.
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Surveillance video shows the two men being shot and killed at the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave.
Ashanti Randolph, 29, was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated assault with discharge of a firearm.
Zayden Garrett's family is asking for prayers.
Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.
The vigil for the boy, Zayden Garrett, was held Wednesday at the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital. Darius Johnson reports.
Mehdi Medellel is charged with shooting and killing two men at the JJ Fish & Chicken on South Western Avenue. Tara Molina reports.
The victim was taken to Mt Sinai Hospital in critical condition with multiple gunshots throughout the body and later died.
Jesus Pena Jr., 33, was arrested on Monday and charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and two felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Chicago police said the victim, a 24-year-old man, was in a fight with another person who pulled out a gun and shot in his direction.
Chicago police said just after 10 p.m., she was standing on the sidewalk in the 11600 block of South Racine Avenue when someone in the area fired shots – hitting her in both legs.
She was taken to Christ Hospital in good condition. As of Wednesday, no one is in custody.
Police earlier said an employee was behind the shooting at JJ Fish & Chicken on Western Avenue.
Rosie Liggins described the moment both her son and grandson were shot in the West Pullman neighborhood.
A child was among two people shot in a home in the West Pullman neighborhood Monday night. Chicago police said the 7-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man were inside the home, in the 1600 block of South Yale Avenue, when someone in a white Audi sedan fired shots into the home.
Police late Tuesday said they were speaking to a person of interest in the shooting at JJ Fish & Chicken on Western Avenue, but would not say more than that. No arrests have been made. Tara Molina reports.
A child was among two people shot in a home in the West Pullman neighborhood Monday night. Chicago police said the 7-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man were inside the home, in the 1600 block of South Yale Avenue, when someone in a white Audi sedan fired shots into the home.
Police say an employee pulled the trigger at the JJ Fish & Chicken on South Western Avenue. Tara Molina reports.
The teen was treated by Fire Department personnel on scene and did not go to the hospital.
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The victims’ specific ages were not immediately available.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 42.
Police said the man who was shot, along with a 48-year-old woman, had shoplifted from the Walgreens separately a short time earlier. The man who was shot pulled a gun first, police said.
Police do not believe the shooting was a random act.
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