Two people were charged Monday evening in the Chicago basketball court shooting that injured 13 people Thursday, including a 3-year-old boy.
Bryon Champ, 21, and Kewane Gatewood, 20, both faces felony charges in connection with the shooting at Cornell Square Park near 51st and Wood.
Each man faces three counts of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.
According to a Chicago Police Department news release, both offenders played significant roles in the shooting, but neither is believed to be an actual shooter. The investigation into the shooting continues, according to police.
Police say Champ is a "convicted felon and documented gang member" who was convicted of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon in July 2012 and sentenced to boot camp.
Earlier in the day, Supt. Garry McCarthy told reporters arrests would be made "in the near future" thanks to what he called great cooperation from the community.
Deonta Howard -- known as "Tay-man" -- was shot in the jaw and listed in critical condition after the shooting. Family friend Mekiya Menefee said she was "thankful" after hearing about charges in the case.
"They need to think for a very very long time about what they did," Menefee said. "The violence, the guns, the crime needs to stop."
The family's pastor, Rev. Corey Brooks says Tay-man is expected to make a full recovery and is communicating with his family by nodding his head, although he's not able to speak yet.
"The baby is still in intensive care. He's had surgery, he'll have more surgeries, he's awake, he's alert, he's attentive, however he's still in a great deal of pain as anyone would be," Brooks said.
Brooks says the boy is still in pain and will be left with some scarring.
The victims included 10 males and three females.
McCarthy said an assault-style rifle with a high capacity magazine was used in the shooting at Cornell Square Park, on the 1800 block of W. 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Witnesses said several gunmen fired at least 20 shots at a group shortly before 10:15 p.m., and the spray of bullets sent a mass of people to the ground on the basketball courts.
McCarthy used the incident to renew his call for "three-year mandatory minimum sentences for illegal gun possession and truth in sentencing for gun crimes in Illinois."
The shooting revived the city's reputation for violence and drew plenty of commentary over the weekend.
"Senseless and brazen acts of violence have no place in Chicago," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said, "and betray all that we stand for. The perpetrators of this crime will be brought to justice and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I encourage everyone in the community to step forward with any information and everyone in Chicago to continue their individual efforts to build stronger communities where violence has no place."
Emanuel reportedly canceled his appearance at a rally for U.S. Senate cadidate Cory Booker to deal with the shooting.
In shootings following Thursday's attack, at least 25 people were shot, five of them fatally, in Chicago between Friday and Sunday, police said.
Photo Credit: Pastor Corey Brooks