Brown wouldn’t say in a information convention Saturday whether or not police consider Lewis is the one that fired the pictures that killed Jaslyn and wounded her father on April 18 whereas they had been on the McDonald’s drive-thru.
“We are saying at this point in the investigation that he was involved in the murder of Jaslyn Adams,” Brown informed reporters. “That’s our specific statement.”
Besides first-degree murder, Lewis has been charged with three counts of tried murder, theft, aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated assault of a police officer, Brown mentioned.
It was not instantly clear Saturday whether or not Lewis had an lawyer who would touch upon his behalf.
The investigation stays ongoing, and police proceed to seek for different suspects in the case, Brown mentioned.
“You can run, but you can’t hide,” he mentioned, addressing these potential suspects. “We are going to bring you to justice for this crime. The Adams family deserves nothing less.”
Lewis was wounded by Chicago police Thursday, Brown beforehand mentioned.
CPD officers had been surveilling a “murder suspect” shortly after four p.m. native time in a western suburb of Chicago, Brown had mentioned in a information convention Thursday.
Officers tried to cease the suspect’s car whereas headed eastbound on I-290, however the suspect crashed his car on the shoulder earlier than making an attempt to carjack a household’s car that was stopped in visitors.
That’s when officers confronted the suspect and fired their weapons, Brown mentioned.
Police recovered two firearms from the suspect, he added.
Brown wouldn’t say if the suspect had fired at officers, saying that will be decided throughout an investigation.
