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Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 Chicago Navy Pier workers
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Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 Chicago Navy Pier workers

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two workers at the city’s popular Navy Pier tourist attraction, authorities said Saturday.

Raylon East, 36, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony 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 had no information on the defendant’s attorneys. Cook County Criminal Court records are not online. There was no immediate response to an email sent Saturday to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office asking if it could provide the name of East’s attorney.

The East was arrested Thursday after police released surveillance camera footage of the suspect accessing an office near a Navy Pier loading dock just before Tuesday’s shooting, news outlets reported. Police said East was fired Oct. 14 from his job at the pier, which is home to shopping, restaurants, entertainment and its 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 used public transportation to get away.