A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two workers at the city’s popular Navy Pier tourist attraction, officials announced Saturday.
Raylon East, 36, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felon in possession/use of a weapon in connection with the Tuesday shootings, according to Chicago police.
East was scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Saturday. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office stated that it does not have information on the defendant’s attorneys.
Cook County’s criminal court records are not available online. There was no immediate response to an email sent to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office on Saturday requesting the name of East’s attorney.
East was arrested Thursday after police released surveillance footage of the suspect entering an office space near a Navy Pier loading dock just before Tuesday’s shootings, according to media reports.
According to police, East was fired on October 14 from his job at the pier, which has shops, restaurants, entertainment, and the iconic Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.
The attacker shot Lamont Johnson, 51, and Peter Jennings, 47, before fleeing, police said. The victims were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police said East fled the scene and took public transportation.
