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Chicago Navy Pier rebar: Murder charges in deaths of 2 workers
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Chicago Navy Pier rebar: Murder charges in deaths of 2 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 felon in possession/use of a weapon in Tuesday’s shootings, 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 on the defendant’s attorneys. Cook County court records are not online. There was no immediate response to an email sent Saturday to the Cook County District Attorney’s office asking if it could provide the name of East’s attorney.

The east was arrested on Thursday after police released surveillance footage of the suspect gaining access to an office space near a Navy Pier just before Tuesday’s shootings, media reported. Police said East was fired Oct. 14 from his job at the pier, which includes shops, restaurants, entertainment and its iconic Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.

The gunman 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 escape.