Man charged with murder of two workers at Chicago's Navy Pier

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two workers at the city's popular Navy Pier tourist attraction, authorities said Saturday.

Raylon East, 36, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felon in possession/use of a weapon in Tuesday's shooting, Chicago police said.

East was scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Saturday. The Chicago Police Department's communications office said it had no information about the defendant's attorneys. Cook County Criminal Court records are not online. There was no immediate response to an email sent Saturday to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office asking if it could provide the name of East's attorney.

East was arrested Thursday after police released surveillance camera images that showed the suspect gaining entry to an office space near a loading dock at Navy Pier shortly before Tuesday's shooting, media reported. Police said East was fired on Oct. 14 from his job at the pier, which has shops, restaurants, entertainment venues and the famous Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.

The attacker shot Lamont Johnson, 51, and Peter Jennings, 47, before fleeing, police said. The victims were pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police said East fled the scene and used public transportation to escape.