Two men were shot and killed by a fast food worker after an altercation inside a Chicago restaurant, according to authorities.
The Chicago Police Department said a fight broke out at JJ Fish and Chicken in Ashburn just before 10:30 p.m. ET Monday night.
An employee allegedly opened fire with a handgun inside the restaurant, killing two men – aged 55 and 56 – in the head.
The suspect fled before police arrived.
The two victims – who have not yet been identified – were pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the dispute and the gunman's motives remain unclear and no arrests have been made.
Investigators were at the restaurant collecting evidence early Tuesday morning, according to local news station WGN9.
“It's a sad statement for the city, a sad statement for the community, a sad statement for all of us to some degree, two people losing their lives to gun violence at one time,” Street Pastor Donovan Price told CBS News Chicago.
The Independent has contacted the Department of Urban Planning and GG Fish and Chicken for further information.
The shooting comes as homicides are slowly declining in Chicago, with criminal complaints down eight percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2023, according to the latest CPD data.
The deadly shooting occurred just days after one of the two men convicted of shooting a boy at a JJ Fish and Chicken restaurant in Milwaukee was sentenced to 14 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision last week.
Javontae Jones, 18, was sentenced Oct. 2 after pleading guilty to first-degree reckless homicide in August for shooting a 17-year-old at an outlet 100 miles north of Tuesday's Jan. 1, 2023, attack.
Jeffrey Coleman, Jones' cousin, is scheduled to be sentenced later this month after also pleading guilty to first-degree reckless homicide.
The two men entered the restaurant and opened fire on the victim – who remained unidentified – as he entered the restaurant, according to a criminal complaint. The victim returned fire, resulting in “several gunshot wounds,” authorities said.
