Overview
- Cook County prosecutors charged 23-year-old Jaylin Jones with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery by discharging a firearm in connection with the bar-area shooting.
- A detention proffer filed by prosecutors says video shows Jones display a gun, leave the scene, return and fire two shots at a woman who was trying to break up a fight outside the venue.
- Investigators say they linked Jones through a 2024 federal handgun purchase that uses the same caliber recovered at the scene and phone-location records placing a number tied to him nearby.
- The 39-year-old victim remains hospitalized with severe, lasting injuries, including infections that led to the loss of fingers and toes and removal of portions of her intestines.
- The Dime, the nearby bar linked to a separate July homicide a few yards away, is under a Chicago Police Department summary closure while city officials consider tougher rules for the Lincoln Avenue bar corridor.