Navy Pier shooting: Disgruntled ex-employee charged with fatally shooting two former colleagues

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CHICAGO – A Chicago man has been accused of murder after there were two men shot and killed at Navy Pier earlier this week.

Raylon East, 36, was arrested Thursday in the 7000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. He was accused of fatally shooting two of his former colleagues Tuesday afternoon in the 600 block of East Grand Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The incident occurred around 1:18 p.m., on the north side of Navy Pier, near an administrative office in a loading dock.

Police, who described East as a disgruntled former employee, went to the loading dock, fired multiple shots and struck two men. The victims, ages 47 and 51, were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where they died from their injuries. The 51-year-old victim was identified as Lamont Johnson of Lansing, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. The identity of the other man has not yet been released.

East was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. He was scheduled to appear in court on Saturday for a detention hearing.