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The assailant shot Lamont Johnson, 51, and an unidentified
47-year-old man before fleeing, police said. The victims were
pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police declined to name the alleged attacker Wednesday, citing a
department policy of not naming people until they are charged,
and didn't say whether they think he poses a danger to the
public. It wasn't immediately clear why police didn't know the
name of one of the killed workers but did know his age.
The suspect was fired on Oct. 14 from his job at Navy Pier.
which features shops, restaurants, entertainment and its iconic
Ferris wheel along Lake Michigan.
“As a former employer of the subcontractor, he had access,"
Brian Murphy, Navy Pier's chief operating officer, told WLS-TV.
“He knew how to get to that back loading dock area.”
The site was put on lockdown after the shootings and an alert
was sent to people who live nearby, Murphy said.
Stephanie Knowles, who works at a souvenir shop, said her
manager received a call and told employees they had to “start
closing everything down.”
Workers turned off the lights and hid in the back of a storage
room, Knowles said.
“I was a little nervous, you know, when you think about the high
school shootings," she said. "I’ve never had to live through
that, so this was the closest thing that I’ve had to that
experience.”
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