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Surveillance footage has gone viral of the shooting death of two customers who were eating at the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave on Chicago's south side. It was later learned that the assailant was Mehdi Medellel, 42, who worked at the restaurant.
A worker told WGN News, "I thought he was a nice guy; I don't know what triggered him to do that or want to harm someone who was in the store with us." The female employee continued, explaining that one of the customers frequented the restaurant and was homeless, "He sat in there with me every day. Sometimes, I fed him. He didn't harm anybody."
CBS News Chicago has the report below:
Two people were shot and killed inside a restaurant on the city's Southwest Side Monday night—and a man was facing charges less than 24 hours later.
Mehdi Medellel, 42, of South Shore, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder. Police said he was arrested just before 11 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of West 79th Street. Police did not identify Medellel as an employee of the JJ Fish & Chicken location at 7828 S. Western Ave. where the shooting happened, but earlier said it was an employee who shot and killed the two men.
Around 10:30 p.m., police said two men were arguing with an employee inside the Western Avenue JJ Fish & Chicken when the employee pulled out a gun and fired shots.
A 55-year-old man was shot in the face, and a 56-year-old man was shot in the head. Both men were pronounced dead on the scene. Hours later, the light was still on at the JJ Fish location, but the door was locked. No one from the restaurant was available to speak to CBS News Chicago.
"It's a sad statement for the city, a sad statement for the community, a sad statement for all of us in a sense—two people lose their lives to gun violence at once," said Street Pastor Donovan Price.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said one of the men who was killed had not yet been identified late Tuesday, while the office had not reached the family of the other.
Medellel is to appear for a detention hearing in Cook County Criminal Court on Wednesday.
This story will be updated.
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