Man charged in shooting death of 7-year-old outside Chicago McDonald’s

Chicago police arrested an 18-year-old man last week in connection with a fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl outside of a McDonald’s restaurant in the city.

Marion Lewis, who police alleged is “one of the offenders who is responsible for the murder of a 7-year-old female victim,” was arrested on Thursday, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement.

Officers on Thursday tried to stop a vehicle Lewis was in, but the car crashed and the man ran from the scene, according to the statement. 

Officials claimed that he then tried to “carjack a vehicle with a family inside,” but he was shot by a police officer and taken to an area hospital. 

Lewis has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and three counts of attempted first degree murder, in addition to more than a dozen other charges. 

ARRESTED AND CHARGED: Supt Brown announced earlier today that 18yr old Marion Lewis was charged 18 times plus a warrant – charges include MURDER of 7yr old Jaslyn Adams. #CPDMediaCar pic.twitter.com/feUg4r0Vof

— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) April 24, 2021

Police said that the 7-year-old girl, Jaslyn Adams, and her 28-year-old father, Jontae Adams, were in a car just after 4 p.m. outside of the McDonald’s on the city’s west side when two men got out of another car and shot at them.

Lawanda McMullen, Jontae Adams’s mother, told the Chicago Sun-Times her son called her moments after the two were both shot. 

“He said, ‘Ma, come get me. They just shot my baby,’” McMullen said.

Jontae Adams was later released from the hospital.

Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown vowed during a Saturday news briefing that “We are going to bring you to justice for this crime.” 

“The Adams family deserves nothing less,” he told reporters.