Shocking moment Chicago restaurant employee shoots and kills two men
by Will Potter For Dailymail.Com · Mail OnlineHorrifying footage captured the moment a chicken shop worker pulled out a gun and killed two men in the middle of his shift.
Chicago police arrested suspect Mehdi Medellel, 42, on first degree murder charges following the shooting at J&J's Fish and Chicken on October 7 in Chicago's Southwest Side.
According to police, the shooting unfolded after the two victims, aged 55 and 56, began arguing with Medellel at around 10:30pm. Their identities have not been revealed by police.
In footage obtained by DailyMail.com, the victims appeared to have no clue of their imminent deaths in the seconds before shots were fired.
One was sat eating at a table and the other looking through a bag as the gunman emerged from behind a door.
It is unclear what the nature of the argument between the men was, and the Chicago Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for further information.
After the gunman initially pulled the gun out, one of the victims appeared surprised and backed up - while the other remained eating at a table.
The first victim cowered and walked to the back of a wall at gunpoint before the suspect shot a single shot at his head, causing him to collapse to the ground.
Before the second victim had any time to react or flee the shooting, the gunman then quickly turned and shot him in the head.
Police said the two victims sustained a single gunshot each to the head and face, and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooter was seen in the security footage then casually walking away from the restaurant, and police said they arrested Medellel around 30 minutes later.
According to online records, Medellel has a criminal history in Illinois and Florida, including an arrest in 2021 for domestic battery - bodily harm.
The restaurant was reportedly closed following the shooting as police cordoned off the scene.
A woman who visited the fast food joint only to find it shut told the Chicago Sun Times she was disappointed it was closed and said she was sad to hear about the senseless deaths.
'I wish they didn't have done that,' she told the outlet.