The suspected gunman in a shooting that killed one man and wounded another earlier this week at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park was ordered held without bail Friday.
Jakharr Williams, 20, of University Park, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, according to a statement from Orland Park police.
No murder charges were announced at a court hearing at the Bridgeview Courthouse late Friday afternoon.
Williams is suspected of shooting 18-year-old Javon Britten about 6:45 p.m. Monday in a lower-level food court at the Orland Square mall near 151st Street and La Grange Road, police said. He was taken into custody Wednesday evening by the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force.
The weapons charge was the only one approved by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office as of Friday morning, but police said the investigation into Britten’s murder is ongoing.
