Sources: Suspect In Custody In Englewood Shooting That Killed 2
UPDATED 12/29/11 11:11 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A possible break has surfaced in the deadly shootings at a Church's Chicken in the Englewood neighborhood.
As CBS 2's Susanna Song reports, police say no charges have been filed in the Tuesday evening shooting. But sources say a 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the Tuesday evening shooting at the Church's at 6600 S. Halsted St.
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Police have not provided any additional information.
The shooting started with an argument in the parking lot of the Church's Chicken, police said. Afterward, one of the men chased the other inside the restaurant and opened fire, striking seven people.
Two boys -- Dantril Brown, 17, and Jawan Ross, 16 -- were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two boys ages 15 and 17, and men ages 22, 51 and 58, were wounded in the shooting.
Outside the restaurant, a candle burned all through the night Wednesday and well into the morning Thursday. Next to the window display ads with their images of chicken and sandwiches, there were heartfelt messages written all over the windows.
A memorial has grown in the front of Church's Chicken for the two boys.
CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports police say Brown and Ross were not the intended victims. They were just trying to get food for dinner in the crowded eatery when the gunman opened fire around 7 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the gunman missed his intended target.
Dantril's mother, Regina Brown, wept on Wednesday as her family tried to comfort her.
"I don't want to bury my baby," she said. "He didn't even get a chance to run for his life."
Regina Brown said her son was just trying to get a bite to eat when he was killed. She implored the shooter to turn himself in.
"He took all of me. He took all of me. It's just not one part. He made me a mother. That was my first child," she said.
Jawan's loved ones stopped by the murder scene on Wednesday to see where the Robeson High School sophomore lost his life. It was an emotional scene as they peered through the glass of the now-shuttered restaurant.
"My grandson belonged to me … not whoever took it upon theyself to kill him," his grandmother, Georgia Jackson, said. "That was my baby."
Community activist Andrew Holmes said Thursday morning that from what he knows, police have one person in custody and are still searching for two others.
"In talking with constituents and citizens out on the street that have given up the information, it is believed that there are more than one or two people involved, but until they have all parties that were involved – because this may have not been a lone gunman. He may have been assisted by someone else. There may have been a driver. There may have been five people – who knows?" Holmes said. "Until they put all the pieces together, then you will know when the Chicago Police Department makes a public announcement."
Police so far have only said the investigation is ongoing.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
