CHICAGO – A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the slayings of two workers at the Navy Pier tourist attraction, authorities said Saturday.
Raylon East, 36, faces two counts of murder and one count of possession/use of a weapon in Tuesday’s shooting, Chicago police said.
East was scheduled to appear Saturday for a detention hearing. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office said it did not have information about the defendant’s attorneys. Cook County criminal court records are not online. There was no immediate response to an email sent by the Cook County District Attorney’s Office on Saturday asking if it could provide the name of East’s attorney.
East was arrested Thursday after police released surveillance camera footage of the suspect entering an office space near the Navy Pier loading dock shortly before Tuesday’s incident, media reports said. Police said East was fired Oct. 14 from his job at the fishing complex, which has shops, restaurants, entertainment and its popular Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.
The gunman shot Lamont Johnson, 51, and Peter Jennings, 47, before they fled, police said. The deceased are said to have died in hospital.
Police said East fled the scene and used public transportation to escape.
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