2nd teen charged in murder of retired firefighter near Chicago popcorn shop
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - A second person charged in the
fatal shooting of a retired firefighter in early December during an attempted carjacking outside a Morgan Park popcorn shop was ordered held without bail Friday.
Dwain Johnson, 18, was charged as one of the carjacking crew who confronted 65-year-old Dwain Williams, killing him in an exchange of gunfire, Chicago police said.
Johnson, of Gary, Indiana, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force in suburban Oak Forest, police said.
He appeared in court Friday, where he was denied bail on a count each of first-degree murder, attempted vehicular hijacking, unlawful possession of an automatic weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon.