Crime & Safety
Employee Ordered Detained In Shooting That Killed 2 In Southwest Side Chicago Fast-Food Restaurant
Medellel, 42, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder. Police said he was arrested just before 11 p.m.
October 10, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Surveillance video shows two men being shot and killed in a fast-food restaurant on Chicago's Southwest Side—and an employee is now charged with the murders.
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The accused gunman in the shooting at the JJ Fish & Chicken on Western Avenue, Mehdi Medellel, was in court for the first time for a detention hearing Wednesday.
Medellel, 42, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder. Police said he was arrested just before 11 p.m. Monday in the shooting at the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave. around half an hour earlier.
