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ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a teen at a suburban Chicago mall (all times local):
11:40 a.m.
The fugitive suspect in the fatal shooting of a teenager at a suburban Chicago mall is a parolee who was released from prison after serving a little over a year for armed robbery.
According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, 19-year-old Jakharr Williams of University Park has been on parole since his release in June.
Police identified Williams as the suspect after interviewing witnesses to Monday's shooting at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park. They say he was an acquaintance of 18-year-old Javon Britten of Richton Park who was shot and killed during an argument at a food court at the mall. Williams fled.
Police say Britten staggered to a nearby clothing store and collapsed. He was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn a short time later. A bystander suffered a graze wound to a leg.
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10:35 a.m.
Police say the suspect they are searching for in the fatal shooting of a teenager at a suburban Chicago mall is a 19-year-old acquaintance of the victim.
In a news release Tuesday, Orland Park Police said they are searching for Jakharr Williams of University Park in the shooting at Orland Square Mall. The attack Monday left 18-year-old Javon Britten of Richton Park dead and a bystander suffered a graze wound to the leg.
Police say Britten and Williams got into an "altercation," and that Williams pulled out a handgun and fired multiple times before fleeing the mall about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
Police say Williams should be considered armed and dangerous.
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8:30 a.m.
Authorities are seeking a man suspected of fatally shooting a teenager and wounding a bystander at a suburban Chicago mall.
Orland Park police say the suspect and the victim were involved in "an altercation" before the Monday shooting at Orland Square Mall .
Police say the suspect pulled a handgun, fired multiple times and fled the mall, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
The victim was identified as 18-year-old Javon Britten of Richton Park. He collapsed outside a clothing store and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police say the suspect is believed to be 20 years old and likely knew Britten.
Deputy Police Chief Joseph Mitchell says a bystander suffered a graze wound to the leg. Mitchell calls the shooting an "isolated incident."
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