x
Breaking News
More () »

Prosecutors: Man drove car for 2 shooters in 7-year-old girl's death

Prosecutors say the two other suspects in the April 18 killing of Jaslyn Adams have been identified by police but have not been charged.
Credit: AP
A police commander walks by as police investigate a crime scene where Jontae Adams, 28, and his daughter Jaslyn, 7, where shot, resulting in Jaslyn's death at a McDonald's drive-thru at the corner of W. Roosevelt Road and South Kedzie Avenue, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Chicago. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

CHICAGO — A man charged in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl outside a Chicago McDonald's drove up behind a car driven by the girl's father while two other men got out and opened fire, prosecutors said Sunday.

Marion Lewis, 18, is being held without bond on a charge of murder and 18 other charges, including three counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault of a police officer.

The two other suspects in the April 18 killing of Jaslyn Adams have been identified by police but have not been charged, prosecutors said. It was not immediately known if either suspect was in custody.

Jaslyn and her father were in a McDonald's drive-thru on Chicago's West Side when the men pulled up in a silver Audi, according to prosecutors. They say surveillance video shows two men get out of the car, fire weapons at the victims' car and get back into the Audi. When the victims' car started to move forward the two men got out of the Audi again and fired more shots into the vehicle before speeding away, prosecutors said. Twenty-eight shell casings were found at the scene.

RELATED: Police: Man wanted for 7-year-old Chicago girl's murder shot by officers following highway chase

RELATED: Police say 7-year-old girl killed outside McDonald's in Chicago

The girl's father, Jontae Adams, 29, was shot in the upper body and remains hospitalized, authorities said.

Police tracked Lewis down at an apartment in the Chicago suburb of Lombard using information on his Facebook page, prosecutors said. He was arrested Thursday while trying to steal a family’s car on the Eisenhower Expressway after crashing his own trying to elude police, authorities said. He was shot several times by an officer trying to arrest him but is expected to survive, police said.

Credit: AP
A police commander walks by as police investigate a crime scene where Jontae Adams, 28, and his daughter Jaslyn, 7, where shot, resulting in Jaslyn's death at a McDonald's drive-thru at the corner of W. Roosevelt Road and South Kedzie Avenue, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Chicago. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Before You Leave, Check This Out