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One Illinois A man is being charged with murder after police say he stabbed two people just hours apart – killing one and injuring the other Chick-fil-A restaurant.
Darryl Lee Jr., 19, of Kankakee, has been charged with 11 felonies, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and concealing a murder death. According to the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Police were called to a report of a stabbing at a fast food joint in Oswego around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
When officers arrived, they reportedly found Lee being restrained by two maintenance workers and a 20-year-old man who was suffering from multiple stab wounds. The injured person was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition. His name was not released.
Meanwhile, officers found another victim inside the restaurant. Tracy J., 52, a delivery driver from Bridgeview. Land was stabbed about 3 a.m. that morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lee allegedly first attacked Land, who was making a delivery at the time, then stopped to clean up the scene before attacking a second victim outside the restaurant a few hours later, authorities said.
A witness to the second stabbing called police and said she tried to intervene when she saw her son being attacked.
“They were killing each other,” she said. “The guy threw my son on the floor, so I got out of the car and I was trying to get him away from my son so he couldn’t hit my son anymore.”
According to Oswego police spokeswoman Charice Spears, when police arrived, they found the surviving victim pinned to the ground before Lee was taken into custody. Via ABC7 Chicago.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that the offender attacked an adult male victim at approximately 3:06 a.m. and a second adult male victim at approximately 5 a.m. No restaurant employees were present at the time,” Spears said.
Video received by abc7 Detectives are shown processing the scene at Chick-fil-A, with crime scene tape surrounding a delivery truck owned by Rosemont-based company Martin Browder. Police have not said whether a truck was involved.
The Kendall County Coroner’s Office later confirmed that Land died of multiple traumatic injuries. The final cause and manner of death remains under investigation.
Lee is still in custody at the Kendall County Jail and is scheduled to appear in court Friday.
Police have not yet revealed the possible motive for the attacks.