2nd murder charge filed in Lake Co. shootings

A Lake County prosecutor said Thursday he is preparing to file additional charges against a suspect in a 2004 double shooting after the recent death of the second victim.

Marcus Brown, 23, is already charged with murder and attempted murder in the Oct. 26, 2004 shooting death of Remorrian Gordon, 23, and wounding of Sabrina Gully, 27.

But Assistant State's Attorney Dan Kleinhubert said in the wake of the July 27 death of Gully, who was left paralyzed from the neck down by the shooting, he intends to file a second charge of first-degree murder against Brown.

Police said Brown, who has yet to be tried in the case because of changes in attorneys and other delays, was walking in an alley in the 2000 block of Elizabeth Avenue in North Chicago on the night of the shootings.

Police said Brown told them Gordon and Gully, then 22, were in a car driven by Gordon that Brown believed came too close to him.

Brown yelled at the couple, police said, then went to the house of a friend where he obtained a .38 caliber handgun.

A short time later, police said, Brown again confronted the couple as they sat in the car that was then parked in the Elizabeth Avenue alley.

Gordon got out of the car to talk to Brown and was shot three times.

Police said Brown then walked over to the side of the car and shot Gully once below the right eye.

Kleinhubert said the bullet lodged in her spine near the base of her skull, and an autopsy established her death was a direct result of the shooting.

Brown was arrested at his home in Zion a few days after the shooting and police recovered the gun at that time.

Kleinhubert said bullets removed from Gordon's body have been matched to the weapon, and similar tests will be done on the bullet removed from Gully following her death.

He said once the second murder charge is filed, Brown will be eligible only for a sentence of life in prison or death if convicted of both slayings.

Brown, who has been held on $6 million bond since his arrest, is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 3.

Kleinhubert said he expects to return to the grand jury with the case against Brown within two weeks.