CHICAGO—Two men have been charged in a shooting that left two people dead and seven injured outside a fast food restaurant just blocks from Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district.
Jaylun Sanders, 21, of Chicago, faces two counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of first-degree attempted murder and other charges, Chicago police said in a statement Saturday night.
Kameron Abram, 20, of Riverdale, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and other charges.
Both are due to attend a hearing in Central Bond Court in Chicago on Sunday.
Police work at the scene of a shooting near East Chicago Avenue and North State Street in the Near North Side neighborhood in Chicago on May 19, 2022. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Sanders was arrested Thursday night, minutes after the shooting following a fight outside a McDonald’s on the city’s Near North Side. The gunfire sent bystanders scattering, including a female who was critically injured when she fell onto a third rail in a nearby subway station where many bystanders ran for safety….