Pair charged in shooting death of Cicero liquor store clerk

BJ Lutz
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CICERO, Ill. — Two Chicago men each face first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a liquor store clerk earlier this week.

Anthony J. Johnson Jr., 35, and Randell Brown, 31, are charged with shooting and killing Sebastian Rodriguez during a robbery of Licores El Potrillo in Cicero on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities said Johnson Jr. was one of two people taken into custody just hours after the shooting following a brief vehicle pursuit that ended near South 95th and West Halsted streets in Chicago. Information about the second person was not released.

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Brown was arrested Wednesday without incident at a home on the 600 block of West 116th Place in Chicago, police said.

Rodriguez, the victim, was from Pilsen and was the oldest of seven siblings. A GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses had raised more than $7,000 of its $10,000 goal as of Friday afternoon.

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