Man charged in Chicago McDonald's drive-thru shooting that killed 7-year-old

Police investigate the crime scene at the Chicago McDonald's drive-thru. Photo / AP

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.

Police investigate the crime scene at the Chicago McDonald's drive-thru. Photo / AP

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.

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

Police tracked Lewis down at an apartment in the Chicago suburb of Lombard using information on his Facebook page, prosecutors said.

Jaslyn Adams, 7, was fatally shot in the drive-thru of a McDonald's in Chicago. Rest In Peace. Her life mattered. pic.twitter.com/BAGCzdyyZN

— Michael Burkes (@MrMichaelBurkes) April 19, 2021

Lewis 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.