Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of two workers at Chicago’s Navy Pier

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

Raylon East, 36, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felon in possession/use of a weapon in Tuesday’s shootings, Chicago police said.

East was scheduled to appear for a detention hearing on Saturday. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office said it has no information on the suspect’s attorneys. Cook County criminal records are not online. There was no immediate response to an email sent Saturday to the Cook County Prosecutor’s Office asking if they could provide the name of East’s attorney.

East was arrested Thursday after police released surveillance camera images of the suspect gaining access to an office space near a Navy Pier loading dock just before Tuesday’s shooting, media reported. Police said East was fired on Oct. 14 from his job at the pier, which is home to shopping, dining, entertainment and the iconic Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.

The assailant shot Lamont Johnson, 51, and Peter Jennings, 47, before fleeing, police said. The victims were pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police said East fled the scene and used public transportation to escape.