Mundelein man charged in shooting on CTA bus

A Mundelein man and a Chicago woman faces attempted murder charges in a shooting on a CTA bus Sept. 30 that injured two people in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Tyrese Jones, 19, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two felony counts of aggravated battery of a transit passenger, police said. Destiny Jones, 18, of the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, as well as two counts of aggravated battery of a transit passenger, police said.

Police said a 65-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man were on a CTA bus traveling in the 300 block of West 63rd Street around 4:40 p.m. Sept. 30, when they both were struck by gunfire. One of the victims was critically wounded.

Both suspects were arrested this month in the Englewood neighborhood after they were identified as the people involved in the shooting, police said.

They appeared in court Friday and were ordered to be detained in the Cook County jail while awaiting trial.

dawilliams@chicagotribune.com